Power Consumption

Let's now check on how much power the DS713+ needs in sleep, idle, and during heavy throughput.

We use a GW Instek GPM-8212 power analyzer for all power consumption measurements.

Sleep, Idle and Load (Seagate ST500DM005)

Power consumption is kept low in all cases. The highest value we measured was nearly 36 W—you can basically have this NAS on 24/7 without fear of increasing the electricity bill significantly.

Sleep, Idle and Load (Seagate ST1000DM003)

Although twice the size of the disks we use to test every NAS we review, the bundled disks consumed less power because of their up-to-date design.

Power Consumption in Standby Mode

Vampire power or phantom load is the amount of power a device consumes when it is switched off but still plugged into the power grid. It should, according to the ErP Lot 6 2013 directive, be below 0.5 W.



The DS713+ is compliant with the requirements of the ErP Lot 6 2013 directive.

Power Consumption Comparison Graphs