Mandi! Bill Arlofski via Bacula-users In chel di` si favelave... > Why not just use the simple to manage Bacula Storage Daemon Encryption > feature?
Because, at least for tapes, this practically brake hardware compression; so if i enable software encryption i need also to enable software compression, and this add some more slowdown. I've done some tests in my production environment in this weeks, so real data, and: + software encryption add 5-20% to backup time + software encryption add 10-25% to backup space + software compression not tested + media-based, not client-based; it is a pros-and-coons thinks, i know, but seems to me a beter approach. hardware encryption (and compression) is really and totally transparent to backup, eg a backup done with hardware encryption enabled take same time and space of an hardware encryption disabled backup. For RDX there's no hardware compression, so software encryption effectively could be a decent approach; but seems supported also there, so i'll give it a try... -- _______________________________________________ Bacula-users mailing list Bacula-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/bacula-users
