>Le 26/09/2010 21:02, Celejar wrote: >> On Sat, 25 Sep 2010 23:29:28 +0200 >> Aniruddha <mailingdotl...@gmail.com> wrote: >> >> Here's my opinion: >> >> ... >> >> * I think encryption is not well suited for a desktop system, unless >> you have some special need for it (e.g. laptop). It creates extra >> overhead, meaning it is a lot slower then a normal file system + it >> makes disaster recovery more difficult. >> > I'm not sure that an encrypted filesystem is really "a lot slower than > a normal file system" on modern HW. Do you have benchmarks or > references? > > Celejar
Phoronix.com has some tests on a low specs Eee and a high end ThinkPad W510 : http://www.phoronix.com/scan.php?page=article&item=intel_atom_disk&num=1 http://www.phoronix.com/scan.php?page=article&item=ubuntu_maverick_encryption&num=1 -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: http://lists.debian.org/4c9faa0e.4070...@googlemail.com
