New external drive Samsung consumes in standby mode up to 95% lower

Samsung Electronics Company announced that its new 3.5-inch external hard drive, STORY Station, which goes on sale next month, will be the first in the industry in standby mode consume less watts.

Reducing power consumption in standby mode will satisfy the requirements of the Directive EuP (Energy Using Products - the use of energy products) of the European Union, took effect from January next year.

Samsung has reduced the power consumption in standby mode, more than 95%, bringing to the level of 0.09 W, whereas at present, this value is typically 2.5 Tues This fact, according to the manufacturer, will reduce the indirect reduction of emissions CO ₂.

Such indicators of the company managed to achieve through the application of the new circuit, which makes off with the HDD connected power supply cable and non-use USB connection.

3.5-inch external hard drive Samsung STORY Station will be sold in versions with capacity from 500 GB to 2 TB with support for proprietary automatic data backup and software SecretZone (encryption of personal data) and SafetyKey (password protection).