Comments on: Using an SSD with Full Disk Encryption—Benchmarks using PGP WDE http://anthonyvance.com/blog/security/ssd_encryption/ Assistant Professor—Information Systems—Brigham Young University Mon, 06 Feb 2012 01:14:52 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.5.1 By: Les http://anthonyvance.com/blog/security/ssd_encryption/#comment-236 Les Wed, 06 Jul 2011 21:22:17 +0000 http://anthonyvance.com/blog/?p=595#comment-236 You might want to try Truecrypt instead. It's very very fast and I see only a marginal difference between encrypted and non-encrypted drives. Les You might want to try Truecrypt instead. It’s very very fast and I see only a marginal difference between encrypted and non-encrypted drives.

Les

]]> By: Encrypting solid state disks | c089 http://anthonyvance.com/blog/security/ssd_encryption/#comment-233 Encrypting solid state disks | c089 Wed, 02 Mar 2011 08:01:35 +0000 http://anthonyvance.com/blog/?p=595#comment-233 [...] March 2: There are other articles suggesting that an encrypted SSD is still much faster than a HDD. Also, Samsung seems to offer SSDs with real [...] [...] March 2: There are other articles suggesting that an encrypted SSD is still much faster than a HDD. Also, Samsung seems to offer SSDs with real [...]

]]> By: Drei Gründe gegen SSDs im MacBook | MacMacken http://anthonyvance.com/blog/security/ssd_encryption/#comment-225 Drei Gründe gegen SSDs im MacBook | MacMacken Wed, 11 Aug 2010 02:55:03 +0000 http://anthonyvance.com/blog/?p=595#comment-225 [...] verlieren durch Systemverschlüsselung wie beispielsweise mit Whole Disk Encryption (WDE) von PGP dramatisch an Geschwindigkeit. SSDs mit Hardware-basierter Verschlüsselung sind mir nicht [...] [...] verlieren durch Systemverschlüsselung wie beispielsweise mit Whole Disk Encryption (WDE) von PGP dramatisch an Geschwindigkeit. SSDs mit Hardware-basierter Verschlüsselung sind mir nicht [...]

]]> By: admin http://anthonyvance.com/blog/security/ssd_encryption/#comment-213 admin Mon, 05 Jul 2010 20:33:59 +0000 http://anthonyvance.com/blog/?p=595#comment-213 Agreed. I'm looking forward to trying SSD's with hardware-based encryption. I think that is the answer of how to achieve full disk encryption without a significant performance hit. Agreed. I’m looking forward to trying SSD’s with hardware-based encryption. I think that is the answer of how to achieve full disk encryption without a significant performance hit.

]]> By: Slow Pain http://anthonyvance.com/blog/security/ssd_encryption/#comment-211 Slow Pain Wed, 30 Jun 2010 12:49:48 +0000 http://anthonyvance.com/blog/?p=595#comment-211 We evaluated McAfee FDE (Safeboot) with some 500+ € OCZ Vertex2 SSD's. The outcome was extremely disappointing: Read performance dropped 188-210 MB/sec to 45-50 MB/sec. If you need to use FDE, don't throw your money away for the SSD hype... not until the FDE Software or SSD companies improved software/firmware for their stuff. We evaluated McAfee FDE (Safeboot) with some 500+ € OCZ Vertex2 SSD’s. The outcome was extremely disappointing:
Read performance dropped 188-210 MB/sec to 45-50 MB/sec.
If you need to use FDE, don’t throw your money away for the SSD hype… not until the FDE Software or SSD companies improved software/firmware for their stuff.

]]> By: Erik Wieland http://anthonyvance.com/blog/security/ssd_encryption/#comment-208 Erik Wieland Sat, 19 Jun 2010 21:29:15 +0000 http://anthonyvance.com/blog/?p=595#comment-208 I'm not surprised the Seagate is slower with CheckPoint. Seagate drives are notoriously slow with encryption, and mine was unusable when encrypted. I wonder if anyone has benchmarks comparing PGP 10 with CheckPoint on a non-Seagate drive. I've been using CheckPoint on my MacBook for almost a year, and I only see an 8% performance hit with CheckPoint. Our enterprise information security group is evaluating PGP as a CheckPoint replacement (since it supports media encryption). I’m not surprised the Seagate is slower with CheckPoint. Seagate drives are notoriously slow with encryption, and mine was unusable when encrypted. I wonder if anyone has benchmarks comparing PGP 10 with CheckPoint on a non-Seagate drive. I’ve been using CheckPoint on my MacBook for almost a year, and I only see an 8% performance hit with CheckPoint. Our enterprise information security group is evaluating PGP as a CheckPoint replacement (since it supports media encryption).

]]> By: Robert Nicholson http://anthonyvance.com/blog/security/ssd_encryption/#comment-207 Robert Nicholson Wed, 16 Jun 2010 01:22:05 +0000 http://anthonyvance.com/blog/?p=595#comment-207 I've got an OWC Pro RE SSD and it's also slow with WDE. Anybody tried Check Point FDE to see what their performance is like? I’ve got an OWC Pro RE SSD and it’s also slow with WDE.

Anybody tried Check Point FDE to see what their performance is like?

]]> By: Robert Nicholson http://anthonyvance.com/blog/security/ssd_encryption/#comment-205 Robert Nicholson Sun, 30 May 2010 21:44:32 +0000 http://anthonyvance.com/blog/?p=595#comment-205 Were those times with version 10.0.2? They fixed somethings that improved performance on SSD's but I'm also seeing slow times with my MBP i7 with X-25M on WDE encrypted drives. Were those times with version 10.0.2? They fixed somethings that improved performance on SSD’s but I’m also seeing slow times with my MBP i7 with X-25M on WDE encrypted drives.

]]> By: Trace http://anthonyvance.com/blog/security/ssd_encryption/#comment-203 Trace Wed, 19 May 2010 18:31:29 +0000 http://anthonyvance.com/blog/?p=595#comment-203 Nice one, been looking for this. Dont usually post comments, but just wanted to thank you for this one. Probably not gonna have encryption on my SSD :P Nice one, been looking for this.
Dont usually post comments, but just wanted to thank you for this one.
Probably not gonna have encryption on my SSD :P

]]> By: Brian Hall http://anthonyvance.com/blog/security/ssd_encryption/#comment-200 Brian Hall Tue, 20 Apr 2010 04:19:19 +0000 http://anthonyvance.com/blog/?p=595#comment-200 Awesome data! I've wondered about drive speeds (spindle vs SSD) and the impact of full disk encryption. Thanks! Awesome data! I’ve wondered about drive speeds (spindle vs SSD) and the impact of full disk encryption. Thanks!

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