I made the mistake (I think) of ordering a LSI 9300-16i. I should have done more research but the heatsink alone was a big enough giveaway. System idle power shoots up by 30 watts when this thing is plugged in with no drives attached. It also doesn't seem to support ASPM according to powertop and lspci?
Does anyone know of anything more modern that will consume significantly less power for my use case of 16 sata drives for use with zfs or possibly unraid? The annual cost of 30 watts at my utility rate is over $100/yr combined with this machine living in a closet where 30 additional watts makes a significant difference on temperatures.
Does anyone know of anything more modern that will consume significantly less power for my use case of 16 sata drives for use with zfs or possibly unraid? The annual cost of 30 watts at my utility rate is over $100/yr combined with this machine living in a closet where 30 additional watts makes a significant difference on temperatures.