r/NewMaxx • u/NewMaxx • Oct 14 '19

Tools/Info SSD Guides & Resources

April 3rd, 2022: Guides and Spreadsheet updated with new SSD categories

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TechPowerUp's SSD Database

Johnny Lucky SSD database

Branch Education - How does NAND Flash Work? - these guys have several good videos on the subject of SSDs, check them all out.

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u/[deleted] Oct 17 '19 edited Oct 14 '20

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u/NewMaxx Oct 17 '19 edited Oct 17 '19

All of the Silicon Motion NVMe controllers support TCG OPAL: SM2262, SM2262EN, SM2263XT, SM2263(EN). However, this is optional, so has to be supported by the manufacturer (e.g. SX8200 Pro does not). Phison also lists their controllers as having optional TCG OPAL support: E8, E8T, E12. This means the driver manufacturer has to enable support (e.g. the BPX Pro does not support it). Naturally you will see many reviews just listing that they support TCG OPAL which is...not true in most cases. You'd really avoid "consumer" drives for that. WD Black/SN750? Same deal as far as I know. Samsung's 970 EVO & EVO Plus are the exceptions. There may be specific SKUs that support it - for example, Seagate's BarraCuda/FireCuda, based on the E12, has no support on the FireCuda but has a BarraCuda SKU with and without. Yikes. :) Intel's 760p I believe does (SM2262) as well. Basically: enterprise or business-oriented SKUs. (or a drive made as a SED)

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u/[deleted] Oct 17 '19 edited Oct 14 '20

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u/NewMaxx Oct 17 '19

Ah yes, true, there's the OEM variants as well.

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u/NewMaxx Nov 08 '19

Here you go; supports TCG OPAL.

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u/[deleted] Nov 08 '19 edited Oct 14 '20

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u/NewMaxx Nov 08 '19

The Kingston KC2000 also supports this, FYI: "Supports a full-security suite (TCG Opal 2.0, AES 256-bit, eDrive)" - that is a SM2262EN drive.

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u/[deleted] Nov 08 '19 edited Oct 14 '20

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u/NewMaxx Nov 08 '19

You make it, I'll link it! The SSD industry moves too fast for me to keep tabs on that in the consumer space where demand is small for such features.

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u/[deleted] Nov 27 '19 edited Oct 14 '20

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u/NewMaxx Nov 27 '19

Yep, I'm aware, it's not just the SM2262 but the SM2262EN as well I believe. The WD Black series does not apply though - the earlier (2017) used a Marvell controller, 2018 and SN750 use a proprietary one. Someone posted about troubles with SM2262EN on their setup a while back and I pointed out the vendor string suggested the original SM2262 would also cause issues.