Seagate Innov8 is the first external hard drive desktop powered only via USB

Hard drives and external SSDs are certainly not new, the offer is very wide and diversified and includes models that are more suitable for use in mobility. However, there are limitations in terms of capacity surmountable only by resorting to external boxes with mechanical hard drives from 3.5 ", the same used in desktop PCs. Products that, at the same time, have the not inconsiderable disadvantage of requiring an external power supply in order to operate.

Seagate today announced Innov8, the first desktop hard drive in the world able to operate with a simple USB connection Type-C. No external power supply required, unchanged the advantages deriving from the integration of a desktop-class hard drive which offers a capacity of at 8TB. This result was achieved thanks to the combination of the Ignition Boost Seagate Technology with USB 3.1.

External hard drives and SSDs are Certainly not new, the offer is very wide and diversified and includes models That blackberries are suitable for use in mobility. However, there are limitations in terms of capacity surmountable only by resorting to external boxes with mechanical hard drives from 3.5 ", the same used in desktop PCs. Products That, at the same time, have the not inconsiderable disadvantage of Requiring an external power supply in order to operate.

Seagate Announced today Innov8, the first desktop hard drive in the world incendio operated with a simple USB connection Type-C. No external power supply required, unchanged the advantages deriving from the integration of a Which offers desktop-class hard drives at a capacity of 8TB. This result was Achieved thanks to the combination of the Ignition Boost Seagate Technology with USB 3.1.

Seagate Innov8 is priced at $ 349 and will be available starting in April at the Seagate online store, Amazon and other selected retailers. Euro price to be confirmed. To note that buyers will have 200GB of free storage space on OneDrive and the ability to manage backup tasks in an easy manner using the Seagate Dashboard software included in the package.