Does Endpoint Encryption damage SSD drives?

TimTim Southwest PA Icrontian
edited December 2012 in Hardware
My job uses HP laptops with McAfee on them, and I have been told that SSD drives are failing left and right within a few weeks from being brand new with Endpoint Encryption on them, which is in the companies' image of 7 64 bit and can't be taken out.

The SSDs are Micron Real SSD C400's, 256 GB, with 07TA firmware. 2.5" size units. The company has been pulling the SSDs and replacing them with normal hard drives, which don't have a problem with the encryption.

Does the encryption permanently damage the SSD drives, or can they be reformatted and used in non-encrypted applications?

Comments

  • Straight_ManStraight_Man Geeky, in my own way Naples, FL Icrontian
    AFAIK, Endpoint Encryption increases I/O load over non-encrypted data use. So, worth a try to use in non-encrypted applications if they were pulled promptly. Micron makes durable SSDs, so I would try one or two in non-encrypted application use.
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