> Hello, > > I am always interested in Full disk encryption for my laptop ( i5 + 3 GB ), > but what makes me stop is the thinking of performance lag. Recently I have > seen an ububtu laptop ( i5 + 4 GB ) with full disk encryption and it is > performing normal, haven't found any lag... > > So I am interested to give the FUD a try on my own laptop. How can I > proceed ? My laptop is debian wheezy with lots of important data.. so > backup is must.. but what next ? What configuration will give me a better > performance , LVM based or simple partition based ? Presently excluding > swap I have 3 reiserfs partition for / ; /home and /movie ... no LVM. Like > to hear some feedback from you guys..
I've had an LVM/luks-encrypted root partition (includes everything except /boot, on various logical volumes) for several years on two different Lenovo Thinkpads, and while I've never done any benchmarks, I haven't noticed any performance degradation at all. -- A. -- Andrew Reid / rei...@bellatlantic.net -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: http://lists.debian.org/201111260911.14682.rei...@bellatlantic.net