Re: How much does disk encryption add to boot time?

[Cal Frye <cjf () CALFRYE COM>]

Alan Amesbury wrote:
> FileVault under Mac OS X also has a negligible perception on performance.
>
> The biggest impact will be on disk-intensive tasks, so you probably want
> to avoid using disk encryption for tasks like video editing, unless you
> really need that sort of protection.

Speaking from personal experience, I decided to move my Parallels
virtual machines out from the FileVault encrypted area and onto
unencrypted space.

Then again, I don't have any sensitive data in the virtual machine, all
that's kept on the host, in the encrypted user area.


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