I’m not sure these statements are true, can you please link me to some data? WD Red 10TB maxes out around 5.7W [1] under heavy read-write activity and can use

I’m not sure these statements are true, can you please link me to some data? WD Red 10TB maxes out around 5.7W [1] under heavy read-write activity and can use much less when idling. Intel Atom is typically in the 20W range for the parts commonly picked for NAS solutions, but can go as low as 8W too [2] and again when idling would use less. I don’t think they have anything <5W which would directly support your statement the HDD uses more power than the CPU. [1] https://www.wd.com/content/dam/wdc/website/downloadable_assets/eng/spec_data_sheet/2879-800002.pdf https://www.wd.com/content/dam/wdc/website/downloadable_asse... [2] https://www.anandtech.com/show/11144/intel-launches-16core-atom-c3000-cpus-for-nas-servers-vehicles https://www.anandtech.com/show/11144/intel-launches-16core-a...