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    SG-4100 and SG-6100 same power consumption?

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      Cabledude
      last edited by

      Hello,
      If I’d get the 4100 it would be close to idle most of the time and I expect around 12W power draw.

      But I’m considering the 6100 as well, a bit torn actually. As these appliances share the form factor, would it be safe to assume identical power draw if both configured alike?

      Thanks!

      Pete
      Home: SG-2100 + UniFi + Synology. SG-1100 retired
      Parents: SG-1100 + UniFi + Synology
      Testing: SG-1100 w/ 120GB SSD via ext USB (eMMC dead). Works great

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      • stephenw10S
        stephenw10 Netgate Administrator
        last edited by

        At close to idle it will be very close. But I still expect the 6100 to draw slightly more.

        At higher loads though the 6100 will be higher.

        Steve

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          Cabledude
          last edited by

          Thank you. @stephenw10 . Another question: if I were to aim for a Max version, which has SSD storage instead of eMMC, am I correct to expect around 3-4W extra for the SSD power? I assume the SSD is on all the time, for writing to the system logs.

          Pete
          Home: SG-2100 + UniFi + Synology. SG-1100 retired
          Parents: SG-1100 + UniFi + Synology
          Testing: SG-1100 w/ 120GB SSD via ext USB (eMMC dead). Works great

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          • stephenw10S
            stephenw10 Netgate Administrator
            last edited by

            It's not something I've measured but, yes, I would expect a few Watts in the SSD.

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