The fans are variable speed too. So if your env isn't pushing (cards aren't heating up) the actual load from the fans will be a lot lower on the MX960.
An idle unpopulated MX960 (3xSCB, 2xRE, no line cards) uses about 900W. I'd still budget it at the 1425/1500W number though for a base chassis. On Fri, Aug 21, 2015 at 6:40 AM, Jerry Jones <jjo...@danrj.com> wrote: > Components in the MX240/480 are all identical. The 480 just has physically > larger chassis and 2 more power supplies. > > If these are in a controlled environment and do not require NEBS, ie temp > will NOT exceed 40c, then use a recent version of code and use the new power > knobs to get the most power savings. Using cards like the NG MPC can really > save power > > > On Aug 21, 2015, at 8:28 AM, Colton Conor <colton.co...@gmail.com> wrote: > > We are evaluating the three Juniper platforms, and trying to understand the > power consumption differences between the 3. Space is not really an issue, > but overall power consumption is. > > So if all three have the following cards in the, how much difference will > there be in power consumption between the three chassis? I assume the only > differences will the the fan trays, and that the MX960 supports a 3rd SCB > that will more than likely be populated? > > Does Juniper have an excel worksheet? > _______________________________________________ > juniper-nsp mailing list juniper-nsp@puck.nether.net > https://puck.nether.net/mailman/listinfo/juniper-nsp > > _______________________________________________ > juniper-nsp mailing list juniper-nsp@puck.nether.net > https://puck.nether.net/mailman/listinfo/juniper-nsp -- "Genius might be described as a supreme capacity for getting its possessors into trouble of all kinds." -- Samuel Butler _______________________________________________ juniper-nsp mailing list juniper-nsp@puck.nether.net https://puck.nether.net/mailman/listinfo/juniper-nsp
