I'm looking to move from SATA SSDs to U.2 NVMe SSDs and am curious about the power consumption (and cooling).
For example, Intel specs their P4510 4TB NVMe drive at 5W idle / 14W active.
In comparison, Intel specs their S4610 3.84TB SATA drive at 1.1W idle / 3.7W active.
I totally get that NVMe is going use more power run hotter since it's pushing data faster. However, I'm curious what people are seeing in the real world.
What should I expect if an NVMe drive sees light usage most of the time with occasional bursts of heavy activity? IE, does a drive like the P4510 jump up to 14W for every short read or write? Or does it only get to that level when it's being heavily taxed with tons of concurrent read & write operations?
Thanks!
For example, Intel specs their P4510 4TB NVMe drive at 5W idle / 14W active.
In comparison, Intel specs their S4610 3.84TB SATA drive at 1.1W idle / 3.7W active.
I totally get that NVMe is going use more power run hotter since it's pushing data faster. However, I'm curious what people are seeing in the real world.
What should I expect if an NVMe drive sees light usage most of the time with occasional bursts of heavy activity? IE, does a drive like the P4510 jump up to 14W for every short read or write? Or does it only get to that level when it's being heavily taxed with tons of concurrent read & write operations?
Thanks!