Seagate announces 8TB USB powered external HDD – no adapter needed

vbimport
#1

We’ve just posted the following news: Seagate announces 8TB USB powered external HDD – no adapter needed[newsimage]http://www.myce.com/wp-content/images_posts/2016/03/innov8-back-of-box-hi-res-3000x3000-95x75.jpg[/newsimage]

Seagate today announced the launch of its Innov8 USB-powered desktop hard drive. The external 8TB hard drive does not need to be plugged into a power outlet. USB 3.1 enables the Innov8 drive to thrive off bus power. No dedicated power source or adapter required.

            Read the full article here: [http://www.myce.com/news/seagate-announces-8tb-usb-powered-external-hdd-no-adapter-needed-79002/](http://www.myce.com/news/seagate-announces-8tb-usb-powered-external-hdd-no-adapter-needed-79002/)

            Please note that the reactions from the complete site will be synched below.
#2

wow, Now if that isn’t a NAS itself I don’t know what is.

#3

[QUOTE=coolcolors;2771185]wow, Now if that isn’t a NAS itself I don’t know what is.[/QUOTE] It’s not a NAS, since it’s not [U]Network[/U] Attached Storage" :wink:

#4

No, wait… it’s, it’s, it’s an USBAS

#5

The rather HUGE caveat being that your USB controller must be USB-3 and rated for max power output. 900mA or 4.5W at 5v. This is one of the things that USB-3 was meant for. But there will be many, many complaints from people plugging this into a PC port and having power-related issues. And of course none of them will read the instructions where it says it MUST be used on the USB-3 port.

#6

[QUOTE=CDan;2771200]The rather HUGE caveat being that your USB controller must be USB-3 and rated for max power output. 900mA or 4.5W at 5v. This is one of the things that USB-3 was meant for. But there will be many, many complaints from people plugging this into a PC port and having power-related issues. And of course none of them will read the instructions where it says it MUST be used on the USB-3 port.[/QUOTE] The provided cable will be USB-C to USB-C so people would have to buy and use special adapter cables in order to plug it into older USB ports, so that doesn’t seem like a big problem, unless Seagate also includes adapter cables with this harddrive which I consider unlikely.

#7

It’s amazing the capacity of these things nowadays.

The lack of a power supply would make it a great device for connecting to a TV as a recorder although 8TB is a bit much for that sort of use unless of course 4K UHD broadcasts take off.

[B]Wombler[/B]

#8

Lost a TB drive once, just went to sleep and never woke up, along with a MB. Now there was what we thought a huge amount on that drive, some we found out years later still. Brand new board, brand new drive.