Re: Encryption effect on a HD lifespan?
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Re: Encryption effect on a HD lifespan?

From: Dan11 <dansilvani@gmail.com>
Date: Mon Nov 28 2005 - 15:48:50 CET



Thanks for the quick reply Jan..



More specifically we are using: Utimaco Safeguard Easy 4.10



When originally encrypting the drive, it goes through the entire hard


disk to write over each sector (full disk encryption).



I've noticed the machine definitely 'seems' slower when it is


encrypted. It would be interesting to see what is working harder to


cause this slowdown. I'm assuming when data is accessed, it runs the


encryption algorithm that Utimaco uses.



Thanks,


Received on Sat Dec  3 04:20:09 2005