Power

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Ultra 10 with one 200G disk - Averages ~111watts.

1.2GHz Duron with single IDE disk (firewall/gateway machine) - Averages ~110watts.

Power is measured in "watts" (named after James Watt). The units are energy divided by time. One watt is 1 joule transfered in 1 second. 1 British Thermal Unit (BTU) = 1 055.05585 joules. Most electric companies bill in "kilowatt hours".