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command. Also, if one has enSSD RAID modules are based on
abled Opal encryption, one can
commercial M.2 SSDs, one can fully
also use "cryptographic erase,"
expect their capacities and perfor* Intel: https://downloadcenter.intel.com/
which will make the data unusmance to improve over time, while
download/28111/Intel-Solid-State-Drive-Toolbox?v=t
able since it destroys the keys.
prices should also continue to fall.
* Micron: https://www.micron.com/products/solidFor government users, NIST
Lastly, with standards like NVMe,
state-storage/storage-executive-software
recommends that one always
new PXIe SSD RAID modules based
* Samsung: https://www.samsung.com/
verify after erasing. For more
on NVMe M.2 SSDs should be backsemiconductor/minisite/ssd/download/tools/
info on the NIST recommendaward compatible with current modtions, visit https://bit.ly/2Nrol3I.
ules, eliminating the need for expenBecause of the additional complexities associated with NAND sive lifetime-buys. In short, M.2 NVMe-based PXIe SSD RAID
flash-based devices, NVMe SSD device manufacturers publish modules exemplify the power of modular, COTS products.
free software tools that simplify SSD management. To check on
the remaining life of the SSD, enable Opal encryption, or sanitize
Ross Q. Smith is co-founder and CEO of RADX
the SSD, one can either use operating system commands or
Technologies, which manufactures LibertyGT moduutilities these tools from the manufacturer.
lar, COTS real-time spectrum analyzers, wideband RF
RPA systems, and Trifecta PXIe-SSD modules. Smith
Summary
has a BSEE from UT Austin and has held co-founder
and/or management roles at Ford Aerospace, MIPS,
NAND flash-based M.2 SSDs-when packaged as COTS, highperformance, single-slot, PXIe SSD RAID modules-enable SGI, 3dfx, Quantum3D, Bruker, and GarrettCom.
wideband RF RPA developers, system integrators, and users
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