So apparently it's 2019 and @Lenovodc *still* insists on having a broken in-warranty enterprise HDD returned (even though that would be a massive data protection violation) or else they charge for the replacement.
I am not amused.
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Maybe it makes sense to FDE *all* servers now, purely as a warranty bullshit countermeasure. I wonder if you can stick the decryption key in a random UEFI variable (for systems without a TPM). It just has to not be on the drives.
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Of course you can't rely on SED drives, because drive manufacturers don't know squat about security and you cannot trust the firmware; several implementations have already been proven hopelessly insecure.
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Is there an OEM that doesn't charge for leaving the old drive? I only have experience with Dell, but with them you have to specifically include that in the extra warranty and pay an additional fee for it upfront.
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I was actually on the tech side, though this was a couple years ago now, and to my recollection I could leave a drive behind even if it wasn't part of the warranty, but I believe there was still a fee assessed.
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Apparetly it's largely a separate warranty service as you say, but nobody informed us of that option when we purchased the servers... so yeah.
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