Is OPAL eDrive (Full-Disk Encryption) composable with Intel Smart Response Techonology?












0















I've just ordered a Haswell laptop with a 2.5" SATA hard disk. According to the service manual it has an mSATA slot (there are also Ultrabooks where a 24GB SSD is pre-installed and pre-configured as cache using Intel SRT).



I'm planning to install a 240GB mSATA SSD and use part as SRT cache and part as the boot disk. Some of my SSD options (notably the Samsung 840 EVO and Crucial M500) have support for Opal managed full-disk encryption. The corresponding feature in Windows 8.1 is "Microsoft eDrive", part of BitLocker.



Can both these technologies be used on the same drive? If so, what is the correct order to enable them?










share|improve this question





























    0















    I've just ordered a Haswell laptop with a 2.5" SATA hard disk. According to the service manual it has an mSATA slot (there are also Ultrabooks where a 24GB SSD is pre-installed and pre-configured as cache using Intel SRT).



    I'm planning to install a 240GB mSATA SSD and use part as SRT cache and part as the boot disk. Some of my SSD options (notably the Samsung 840 EVO and Crucial M500) have support for Opal managed full-disk encryption. The corresponding feature in Windows 8.1 is "Microsoft eDrive", part of BitLocker.



    Can both these technologies be used on the same drive? If so, what is the correct order to enable them?










    share|improve this question



























      0












      0








      0








      I've just ordered a Haswell laptop with a 2.5" SATA hard disk. According to the service manual it has an mSATA slot (there are also Ultrabooks where a 24GB SSD is pre-installed and pre-configured as cache using Intel SRT).



      I'm planning to install a 240GB mSATA SSD and use part as SRT cache and part as the boot disk. Some of my SSD options (notably the Samsung 840 EVO and Crucial M500) have support for Opal managed full-disk encryption. The corresponding feature in Windows 8.1 is "Microsoft eDrive", part of BitLocker.



      Can both these technologies be used on the same drive? If so, what is the correct order to enable them?










      share|improve this question
















      I've just ordered a Haswell laptop with a 2.5" SATA hard disk. According to the service manual it has an mSATA slot (there are also Ultrabooks where a 24GB SSD is pre-installed and pre-configured as cache using Intel SRT).



      I'm planning to install a 240GB mSATA SSD and use part as SRT cache and part as the boot disk. Some of my SSD options (notably the Samsung 840 EVO and Crucial M500) have support for Opal managed full-disk encryption. The corresponding feature in Windows 8.1 is "Microsoft eDrive", part of BitLocker.



      Can both these technologies be used on the same drive? If so, what is the correct order to enable them?







      windows-8.1 ssd bitlocker disk-encryption opal






      share|improve this question















      share|improve this question













      share|improve this question




      share|improve this question








      edited Jan 15 at 14:50









      ͏͏͏

      2,62611214




      2,62611214










      asked Feb 6 '14 at 20:31









      Ben VoigtBen Voigt

      5,50112954




      5,50112954






















          1 Answer
          1






          active

          oldest

          votes


















          0














          Yes it is.
          SRT is a software technology and any drive can work with it.



          eDrive has to be built into the drive itself.



          there is no overlap between these 2 technology.






          share|improve this answer
























          • But with SRT, the drive is no longer shown to the OS. Instead a RAID-like volume representing the remaining space is exposed. Will eDrive commands be passed through the Intel layer?

            – Ben Voigt
            Jun 20 '14 at 18:32











          Your Answer








          StackExchange.ready(function() {
          var channelOptions = {
          tags: "".split(" "),
          id: "3"
          };
          initTagRenderer("".split(" "), "".split(" "), channelOptions);

          StackExchange.using("externalEditor", function() {
          // Have to fire editor after snippets, if snippets enabled
          if (StackExchange.settings.snippets.snippetsEnabled) {
          StackExchange.using("snippets", function() {
          createEditor();
          });
          }
          else {
          createEditor();
          }
          });

          function createEditor() {
          StackExchange.prepareEditor({
          heartbeatType: 'answer',
          autoActivateHeartbeat: false,
          convertImagesToLinks: true,
          noModals: true,
          showLowRepImageUploadWarning: true,
          reputationToPostImages: 10,
          bindNavPrevention: true,
          postfix: "",
          imageUploader: {
          brandingHtml: "Powered by u003ca class="icon-imgur-white" href="https://imgur.com/"u003eu003c/au003e",
          contentPolicyHtml: "User contributions licensed under u003ca href="https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0/"u003ecc by-sa 3.0 with attribution requiredu003c/au003e u003ca href="https://stackoverflow.com/legal/content-policy"u003e(content policy)u003c/au003e",
          allowUrls: true
          },
          onDemand: true,
          discardSelector: ".discard-answer"
          ,immediatelyShowMarkdownHelp:true
          });


          }
          });














          draft saved

          draft discarded


















          StackExchange.ready(
          function () {
          StackExchange.openid.initPostLogin('.new-post-login', 'https%3a%2f%2fsuperuser.com%2fquestions%2f713361%2fis-opal-edrive-full-disk-encryption-composable-with-intel-smart-response-techo%23new-answer', 'question_page');
          }
          );

          Post as a guest















          Required, but never shown

























          1 Answer
          1






          active

          oldest

          votes








          1 Answer
          1






          active

          oldest

          votes









          active

          oldest

          votes






          active

          oldest

          votes









          0














          Yes it is.
          SRT is a software technology and any drive can work with it.



          eDrive has to be built into the drive itself.



          there is no overlap between these 2 technology.






          share|improve this answer
























          • But with SRT, the drive is no longer shown to the OS. Instead a RAID-like volume representing the remaining space is exposed. Will eDrive commands be passed through the Intel layer?

            – Ben Voigt
            Jun 20 '14 at 18:32
















          0














          Yes it is.
          SRT is a software technology and any drive can work with it.



          eDrive has to be built into the drive itself.



          there is no overlap between these 2 technology.






          share|improve this answer
























          • But with SRT, the drive is no longer shown to the OS. Instead a RAID-like volume representing the remaining space is exposed. Will eDrive commands be passed through the Intel layer?

            – Ben Voigt
            Jun 20 '14 at 18:32














          0












          0








          0







          Yes it is.
          SRT is a software technology and any drive can work with it.



          eDrive has to be built into the drive itself.



          there is no overlap between these 2 technology.






          share|improve this answer













          Yes it is.
          SRT is a software technology and any drive can work with it.



          eDrive has to be built into the drive itself.



          there is no overlap between these 2 technology.







          share|improve this answer












          share|improve this answer



          share|improve this answer










          answered Jun 20 '14 at 17:00









          FoxFox

          1




          1













          • But with SRT, the drive is no longer shown to the OS. Instead a RAID-like volume representing the remaining space is exposed. Will eDrive commands be passed through the Intel layer?

            – Ben Voigt
            Jun 20 '14 at 18:32



















          • But with SRT, the drive is no longer shown to the OS. Instead a RAID-like volume representing the remaining space is exposed. Will eDrive commands be passed through the Intel layer?

            – Ben Voigt
            Jun 20 '14 at 18:32

















          But with SRT, the drive is no longer shown to the OS. Instead a RAID-like volume representing the remaining space is exposed. Will eDrive commands be passed through the Intel layer?

          – Ben Voigt
          Jun 20 '14 at 18:32





          But with SRT, the drive is no longer shown to the OS. Instead a RAID-like volume representing the remaining space is exposed. Will eDrive commands be passed through the Intel layer?

          – Ben Voigt
          Jun 20 '14 at 18:32


















          draft saved

          draft discarded




















































          Thanks for contributing an answer to Super User!


          • Please be sure to answer the question. Provide details and share your research!

          But avoid



          • Asking for help, clarification, or responding to other answers.

          • Making statements based on opinion; back them up with references or personal experience.


          To learn more, see our tips on writing great answers.




          draft saved


          draft discarded














          StackExchange.ready(
          function () {
          StackExchange.openid.initPostLogin('.new-post-login', 'https%3a%2f%2fsuperuser.com%2fquestions%2f713361%2fis-opal-edrive-full-disk-encryption-composable-with-intel-smart-response-techo%23new-answer', 'question_page');
          }
          );

          Post as a guest















          Required, but never shown





















































          Required, but never shown














          Required, but never shown












          Required, but never shown







          Required, but never shown

































          Required, but never shown














          Required, but never shown












          Required, but never shown







          Required, but never shown







          Popular posts from this blog

          Probability when a professor distributes a quiz and homework assignment to a class of n students.

          Aardman Animations

          Are they similar matrix