[xubuntu-users] 18.04.1 Point Release Testing

[Art]

That's a fair question Matti!

Encryption we have today, is just the home folder. If encryption of the
entire drive is used, it doesn't take a rocket scientist to know that
the performance slows severely, that more ram is needed and that more
SSD read/write cycles will be needed. This increases the wear and tear
on SSD's, which have a finite lifetime AND more system files need to be
in ram to help avoid excessive delays.

As far as actual numbers....I don't have them. But, a few tenths of a
second can seem like an eternity when the user is sitting there waiting
for the computer to respond to a keyboard command or when
booting/shutting down.

Regards,

Art



> Could I ask you to provide some measured figures for comparing the
> performance hit before and after full-disk encryption on your machine?
>
> Terveisin/With Regards,
> - Matti Pulkkinen
>
> Art kirjoitti 03.08.2018 klo 03:01:
>> If the entire disk is encrypted (per the current release), the
>> performance will take a severe hit