Power Consumption

Now, let's check how much power the TS-669 Pro needs in sleep, idle mode and during heavy throughput.

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

Sleep, Idle and Load

The maximum power consumption that our equipment recorded was 65.4W, a very low reading considering that the NAS was loaded with six HDDs which were working overtime.

Power Consumption in Standby Mode

Vampire power or phantom load is the amount of power that a device consumes when it is switched off but still plugged into the power grid. According to the ErP Lot 6 2010 directive it should be below 1W and the future 2013 directive lowers this threshold to 0.5W.



With ErP activated from the settings page the TS-669 Pro needs 0.52W, a power level that is compatible with the ErP Lot 6 2010 requirements.

Power Consumption Comparison Graphs

Strangely enough the TS-669 Pro consumes less power than the TS-469 Pro at heavy load!