On 10/31/2012 7:56 PM, Celejar wrote: > On Wed, 31 Oct 2012 19:01:40 -0500 > Stan Hoeppner <s...@hardwarefreak.com> wrote:
>> Why didn't you purchase a self encrypting SSD? Eliminates all of these >> issues. Lots of them available today. > Price? Doing a quick check on Newegg, the cheapest SSDs currently start > at about $50-$60 (although one can occasionally find one on sale / > special / after rebate for $20-$30), and searching within those > results for 'encryption' indicates that the cheapest with that > capability is about $95. Your methods are not sufficient. Newegg doesn't provide the necessary information in it's product database. SandForce 1000/2000 series controllers do automatic transparent AES-128 or AES-256 encryption depending on controller model, and do so while achieving much higher performance than all other SSD controllers on the market. They also support a boot time disk password. http://www.lsi.com/technology/duraclass/Pages/Automatic-Encryption.aspx This $45 40GB Mushkin drive has an SF-1200 controller: http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16820226168 This $90 120GB OCZ Agility3 has an SF-2281 controller: http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16820227914 Thus cost isn't really a factor. The $45 is current regular price on Mushkin, not after rebate, etc. Frankly I'd be surprised that anyone would be anything but a SandForce based SSD today, given the price/performance/capacity ratio. The OP's SSD may in fact be a SandForce model, and he may simply not be aware of it, or the features I mentioned above. -- Stan -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: http://lists.debian.org/5092acd7.7060...@hardwarefreak.com
