Eli Heady <eli.heady@...> writes: > > On Thu, Jun 4, 2009 at 3:57 PM, davide <lists4davide@...> wrote: > > Which one do you think is better? And why? > > I would like to use the faster one, my crypto need are quite basic: I > > would avoid that someone stealing my laptop gets access to all my data > > and password. > > In terms of the 'faster' option, I think LVM over crypt would be more > performant (unless you are on an SMP system), since there is only one > container for dmcrypt to manage. That has been my experience, at > least, and I've tried both configurations you propose on a dual-core > system. I've a normal Centrino Core Duo (with no `2'). So I should find out the system a little more performant. I'll try it. > If speed is your primary concern, I think you'll be more satisfied > with one crypted partition as the LVM PV, but I have no benchmarks to > back that up, only my anecdotal experience. > > Anyone else have opinions on the performance question? Or better yet, > some benchmarks? I'll wait for a while for more answers or benchmarks and then I'll reinstall all the stuff. I read the algorithm benchmarks too, very interesting. I think I'll go with a shorter key next time (128 should be enough for my needs) Thanks a lot. --------------------------------------------------------------------- dm-crypt mailing list - http://www.saout.de/misc/dm-crypt/ To unsubscribe, e-mail: dm-crypt-unsubscribe@xxxxxxxx For additional commands, e-mail: dm-crypt-help@xxxxxxxx
