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Optimal SSD for use with Full Disk Encryption

extide

extide

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So, my work laptop HAS to have full disk encryption. They are currently using bitlocker but have also seen them use TrueCrypt in the past also.

I am thinking a SandForce based controller wouldn't work so well as the encrypted data is designed to 'look' random, and that a C300 would be best.

Has there been any benchmarks using full disk encryption done on SSD's? With different SSD's and different methods (Bitlocker, TrueCrypt, etc) ?

Thanks guys
 
dunno but the next gen (G3 intel) will have hardware assist so you don't feel the pain. Then again don't the newer intel cpu's have aes assist in them as well? I know the xeon's do i assume the desktop ones are cut from the same fabric.
 
Not worried about the encryption performance as far as the cpu goes, just wondering what the penalty would be on one ssd vs another. The laptop is already running on a regular hd with the full disk encryption and runs about as fast as it would unencrypted even with a ~slow (like 2.0-2.2 ghz core2) cpu.
 
As you know the C300 SSDs are great drives. Intel SSDs are showing their age particularly in write performance but a refresh is expected about Q2 2011. How do you use the notebook?
 
extide said:
. The laptop is already running on a regular hd with the full disk encryption and runs about as fast as it would unencrypted even with a ~slow (like 2.0-2.2 ghz core2) cpu.
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This has been our experience with the SSD's as well. We are using TrueCrypt for whole disk to meet ITAR standards.

We are using Kingstons in laptops/desktops that were previously purchased and Samsungs coming from the factory, Dell or Lenovo. Either way the SSD's encrypted are still alot faster than a standard drive.

I dug through my email but I can't find our numbers we tested.
 
Well, I have a C300 128GB in my desktop (and yes it is a great drive), and I have a Vertex 1 128GB and a Samsung 128GB, one of which I will be putting in the laptop. I thin my Vertex is failing on me and needs to be RMA'd tho as it seems to corrupt itself after a while and doing a chkdsk finds LOTS of errors. I have an agility 2 60GB in my carpc tho, so I have quite a selection of controllers here heh. I want to leave the C300 in my desktop tho, it would be nice to get another one of those though.

I will probably just end up using the samsung drive, even though its not quite as good as the Vertex 1 IMHO. I wonder what I will get backwhen I RMA it, maybe something better 🙂 I better just get that taken care of and go from there.

I will be using the laptop mainly for outlook, web browsing, and development (VS2010 and 2008 and an instance of MSSQL running local as well)
 
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