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Chance To See---Good point. I was also surprised to read that SEDs sales have been sluggish due to "poor BIOS support." .

Regardless, the BIOS news is now merely an academic one. The real news is that the BIOS issue has been solved, which, in turn, is expected to finally initiate "LIFT OFF THIS YEAR (IN) SELF ENCRYPTING DRIVES."

Another impediment has also lifted, namely, "price parity" between SED and non-encrypting drives.

"Expect (price parity) this to have a profound influence on encryption adoption throughout the industry and how enterprises go about performing drive retirement."



http://electronicdesign.com/article/embedded/hybrids-cloud-mark-2012s-key-storage-advances-74690

November 20, 2012 01:59 PM Author: Teresa Worth

Yet another sub-market seeing lift-off this year is self-encrypting drives (SEDs). Originally stalled because of poor BIOS support, SEDs have slowly gained traction as support has improved. Now, with support essentially universal and volumes continuing to climb, this year has at last seen SEDs reach price parity with their non-encrypting counterparts. In the Seagate Savvio 10K6 model, for instance, there is no premium for the SED variant. Expect this to have a profound influence on encryption adoption throughout the industry and how enterprises go about performing drive retirement.