Hello, my name is Mikey and my plan is to connect this portable hard drive to a USB 2.0 on my PC. Will the portable hard drive get enough power or wattage to completely power the device even when its under heavy usage by the Storj node?
Or should I be using my USB 3.0 instead to make sure the portable hard drive has enough power? Even though I need that for other things…
It’s better to avoid using portable drives for storagenode - they are not designed to work 24/7, the USB interface is not reliable enough (it can overheat and disconnect), any external drive requires to have an own external power supply, otherwise it can just shutdown itself in a random time, if there is not enough power.