<div dir="ltr">I'm learning that I may have some software-based encryption options with LUKS and dm-crypt. The machine I'm working on now will be replaced in 3 years, so I just need something to get by on till then. It's primarily used for a web application and database, and has fewer than 50 users. There are a lot of writes happening, but no encoding - just text/html and PDF creation. <br><br>Is using software encryption a bad idea for a server? Would that provide better performance than going from 15000 to 7200 rpm SAS drive? <div><br></div><div><br><div><div><div class="gmail_extra"><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Mon, Aug 25, 2014 at 1:36 PM, JD <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:jdp@algoloma.com" target="_blank">jdp@algoloma.com</a>></span> wrote:<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;border-left-width:1px;border-left-color:rgb(204,204,204);border-left-style:solid;padding-left:1ex">If you care about being FIPS certified, i wouldn't touch ANY non-certified<br>
configuration. No way, no how. Why risk your job over something like that?<br>
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OTOH, if you want encrypted storage and don't care, then let your budget be your<br>
guide.<br>
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