8.2. Security
Erase
Functionality
The Security Erase option enables quickly erasing all the data stored on the FFD. The FFD also
supports the Quick Security Erase option, which is faster than the standard Security Erase option.
The standard Security Erase option can be activated by the vendor-unique Sanitize command
(see Section 8) or by triggering the Sanitize hardware interrupt. To enable activating the Quick
Security Erase option, please contact your M-Systems technical representative.
Note: The time required to perform a Security Erase depends on the disk capacity and the type of
flash components being used.
Table 30: Maximum Erase Time/Capacity
Capacity (GB)
Time to Erase Entire Media (seconds)
Time to Mount (seconds)
2 2.6
1.9
16 12.0
15.4
64 46.3
64.2
112 82.8
111.9
160 91.5
160.6
176 91.5
184.4
Table 31: Maximum Quick Erase Time/Capacity
Capacity (GB)
Time to Erase Entire Media
(seconds)
Time to Erase and Fill
Zeros (seconds)
Time to Mount
(seconds)
16 10.4
85.4 15.4
32 10.9
147.9 31.7
64 11.8
187.7 64.2
80 12.2
207.6 80.9
128 13.7
267.3 130.6
176 14.7
327.1 184.4
Table 30 describes the typical time required to complete the standard Security Erase for typical
capacities. Table 31 describes the typical time required to complete the Quick Security Erase for
typical capacities.
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