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Writing characters to a file instead of encrypting = faster=? - Dangerous Beef - May 22, 2017
Been wondering if it's actually faster than encrypting a file, say you write 512 bits to a file. That should be faster than reading + Encrypting + Writing right ?
If so why doesn't encryption based software do this instead ?
* - archangel.dmitry - May 22, 2017
Encryption puts additional overhead on timing unless it is supported on hardware level.
* - Dangerous Beef - May 23, 2017
(May 22, 2017 05:45 PM)archangel.dmitry Wrote: Encryption puts additional overhead on timing unless it is supported on hardware level.
Even though it's hardware accelerated it would still need to write the data all over again.
* - archangel.dmitry - May 23, 2017
It depends on implantation. Many SSDs support hardware encryption without a need to "write the data all over again".
* - Dangerous Beef - May 23, 2017
(May 23, 2017 04:48 PM)archangel.dmitry Wrote: It depends on implantation. Many SSDs support hardware encryption without a need to "write the data all over again".
Did some research and it appears there is a performance degradation with Drive encryption though it's mainly based on the processor and drive in question. I guess i have to test it for myself to see if it's actually faster or not. Thanks though.