[OpenIndiana-discuss] Sending our zpool offsite using encrypted USB HDDs

[Edward Ned Harvey (openindiana)]

> From: Gary [mailto:gdriggs at gmail.com]
> 
> Have you priced out self-encrypting aka hardware-based encrpytion drives?
> http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hardware-based_full_disk_encryption

To my knowledge, all hard-ware based self-encrypting drives require a BIOS / UEFI password be typed in when the drive is connected to the computer.  This is annoying but sometimes useful for drives that are present at boot...  But I'm not aware of any USB or eSATA enclosures that support this.