Power Consumption

Now, let's check how much power the TS-569 Pro needs in sleep and idle mode, and during heavy throughput.

We use two professional power analyzers, a Prova WM-01 and a GW Instek GPM-8212, for all power-consumption measurements.

Sleep, Idle and Load

The maximum load we measured was 58.6 W. This is very low compared to any PC system out there and shows just how much of an economic advantage a NAS server such as this one can provide to a user/company by lowering the electricity bill.

Power Consumption in Standby Mode

Vampire power or phantom load is the amount of power a device consumes once switched off and while still plugged into the power grid. This value should, according to the ErP Lot 6 2013 directive, be below 0.5 W.



The NAS is indeed ErP Lot 6 2013 ready since it manages to consume less than 0.5 W in standby mode. We should note that the TS-569 Pro, like all TS-x69 models, supports two modes of standby mode, one with EuP enabled and one with it disabled. When you enable EuP, you will waste less than 0.5 W vampire power, but the Wake on LAN, AC power resumption, and power schedule settings will be disabled. When EuP is enables, the NAS will turn on after the power button has been pressed down for four seconds.

Power Consumption Comparison Graphs

As we expected: The TS-569 Pro needs less energy than its bigger brother, the TS-669 Pro, since the latter accommodates one more HDD.