TrueCrypt and performance? Does anyone use TrueCrypt or other whole hard drive encryption solutions? Work requires that we encrypt our laptop drives and I was wondering what the effect on performance would be. Thanks! TrueCrypt and performance? Does anyone use TrueCrypt or other whole hard drive encryption solutions? Work requires that we encrypt our laptop drives and I was wondering what the effect on... » Read More TrueCrypt and performance? Does anyone use TrueCrypt or other whole hard drive encryption solutions? Work requires that we encrypt our laptop drives and I was wondering what the effect on performance would be. Thanks! « Show Less
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Hi Jun,Yes I have... and erased it very quickly!Here's what happened. I installed the programme as instructed. It worked beautifully... until I tried to start up one day and my PC replied it had to do something as apparently I had switched it off incorrectly... Usually this is quite harmless and windows starts up without any problems... but you've guessed it: not when the system has been crypted. After having tried everything, I had to use the Rescuedisk I had made to decrypt my laptop... which took a cool 26 hours!So... I have been cured and removed TrueCrypt as soon as the laptop worked again! Hi Jun,Yes I have... and erased it very quickly!Here's what happened. I installed the programme as instructed. It worked beautifully... until I tried to start up one day and my PC replied it had to do something as apparently I had switched it off incorrectly... Usually this is quite harmless and windows starts up without any problems... but you've guessed it: not when the system has been crypted. After having tried everything, I had to use the Rescuedisk I had made to decrypt my laptop... which took a cool 26 hours!So... I have been cured and removed TrueCrypt as... » Read More Hi Jun,Yes I have... and erased it very quickly!Here's what happened. I installed the programme as instructed. It worked beautifully... until I tried to start up one day and my PC replied it had to do something as apparently I had switched it off incorrectly... Usually this is quite harmless and windows starts up without any problems... but you've guessed it: not when the system has been crypted. After having tried everything, I had to use the Rescuedisk I had made to decrypt my laptop... which took a cool 26 hours!So... I have been cured and removed TrueCrypt as soon as the laptop worked again! « Show Less
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I have full drive encryption on mine using TrueCrypt and have no problems at all. Just don't try to flash the drives firmware from inside Windows, because it will fail and you will damage your master boot record. It was easily fixable with the TrueCrypt rescue disk, but it was scary at first. When you want to flash the firmware on the drive, select the option to create a bootable CD.
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Yes. I only use the password protection Function - it is on by default when you first plug the drive into your computer. To get encryption, you have to run the program on the drive. I never ran it and just use the password protection.
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I'm using the drive for my HTPC and have had no problems (pretty constant use rather than the on and off cycle that is probable for a backup drive). I've had issues in the past with drives getting hot (although I've never seen one fail... their lives were probably shortened, but that is hard to tell...), but haven't really noticed that on this drive.In most cases it will probably depend upon how you use it. Mine is placed in the open and not surrounded by much (a few cables is all), if it were placed in an enclosed space then heat might be an issue, otherwise, it shouldn't be.I hope this provided some useful information. I'm using the drive for my HTPC and have had no problems (pretty constant use rather than the on and off cycle that is probable for a backup drive). I've had issues in the past with drives getting hot (although I've never seen one fail... their lives were probably shortened, but that is hard to tell...), but haven't really noticed that on this drive.In most cases it will probably depend upon how you use it. Mine is placed in the open and not surrounded by much (a few cables is all), if it were placed in an enclosed space then heat might be an issue, otherwise, it shouldn't... » Read More I'm using the drive for my HTPC and have had no problems (pretty constant use rather than the on and off cycle that is probable for a backup drive). I've had issues in the past with drives getting hot (although I've never seen one fail... their lives were probably shortened, but that is hard to tell...), but haven't really noticed that on this drive.In most cases it will probably depend upon how you use it. Mine is placed in the open and not surrounded by much (a few cables is all), if it were placed in an enclosed space then heat might be an issue, otherwise, it shouldn't be.I hope this provided some useful information. « Show Less
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Everything gets automatically encrypted as you write the files/folders to the jump drive. I havent noticed an lag/unusually slow write speeds because of this.
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Yes. I use it with Linux Mint and Kubuntu operating systems. I also have TrueCrypt on it and my files encrypted with TrueCrypt, using the universal version which allows access from both Windows and Linux computers. That's the encryption method you'd want where the files must be shared perhaps across more than Linux only or Windows only.
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http://www.storagereview.com/buffalo_drivestation_ddr_review_hdgdu3 Look under the performance heading on this website.
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Yeah....like the other responders, speed is a bit of an issue, but I found when it's backing up AND my local dropbox folder is syncing, everything slows as CPUs are eaten up. So as long as you're only syncing one drive at a time, you should be fine. I like the convenience of not having to be hooked into the machine. It works great connected to my gateway, and I have it secured quite easily.
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Performance wise, it's worth every single penny. When I purchased mine I swaped it for a 1TB M500 SSD and the boost in performance was phenomenal. Nothing sucks more than having a very powerful PC but a slow HDD. Doesnt really work well!
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TrueCrypt is a software system for establishing and maintaining an on-the-fly-encrypted drive. http://www.filehippo.com/download_truecrypt/
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The short answer is I am using this in a home media server and have not noticed any performance impact.The long answer is it depends on a lot of factors. It think to answer the question for your specific case you would have to look at the characteristics of your specific controller and disks. If the controller has the throughput capabilities to drive all of your disks at peak speed then you should not see any performance impact. The controller read/write cache might need to be considered as well.Either way, I think you should be fine and the cost of being wrong is minimal when compared with adding additional raid controllers. Plus, if you get it and performance is a problem, you should be able to return it. The short answer is I am using this in a home media server and have not noticed any performance impact.The long answer is it depends on a lot of factors. It think to answer the question for your specific case you would have to look at the characteristics of your specific controller and disks. If the controller has the throughput capabilities to drive all of your disks at peak speed then you should not see any performance impact. The controller read/write cache might need to be considered as well.Either way, I think you should be fine and the cost of being wrong is... » Read More The short answer is I am using this in a home media server and have not noticed any performance impact.The long answer is it depends on a lot of factors. It think to answer the question for your specific case you would have to look at the characteristics of your specific controller and disks. If the controller has the throughput capabilities to drive all of your disks at peak speed then you should not see any performance impact. The controller read/write cache might need to be considered as well.Either way, I think you should be fine and the cost of being wrong is minimal when compared with adding additional raid controllers. Plus, if you get it and performance is a problem, you should be able to return it. « Show Less
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Thanks Vito, I have one more question mayby you can answer...The specs on this one say..."Store your music, videos, photos and documents with plenty of space to spare SuperMulti 8X DVD+ with Double Layer Support Play and create CDs and DVDs with this DVD/CD burner drive"...I would like to know if this computer is capable of RE- writing DVDs, or can it only burn them once??? or is this function merely dependant on the type of disk used for any computer??? I am so tecno-challenged!!! Can you tell???Thanksjz
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It performs great on Mac OS X and installs in seconds with no performance impact. You can check out Webroot's Mac Security page with this url: http://www.webroot.com/En_US/consumer-products-secureanywhere-mac-security.html Mike R Webroot Community Support Team
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In my experience, all of the capacity is unscripted. When you open the drive, you did not see even folders (not to mention files) until you go over entire unencryption (take some minutes to finish).
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If you're blocking the vents, you're going to get an overheated drive very very soon. This can result in freezes and data corruption and finally drive failure. So be careful.
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It depends on your user environment. 7200 rpm drives will be more responsive to a certain extent. However, slower spinning drives run cooler and require less power. Depending on your usage scenario you might benefit choosing either. You need to carefully assess what it is that you need to accomplish. There is an excellent review on anandtech that was published recently where multitude of NAS drives were put to the test. Every drive tested had redeeming factors. You might want to check it out. Article title "wd red pro review 4 tb-drives for nas systems benchmarked. Hope this helps.
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Dr. Bozarth, I take all reviews with a grain of salt of course. I also noticed the disparity in the ratings between the two sites. I usually frequent thehomeservershow.com. Many of the forum members are I.T. Professionals, or like myself, a medical professional with a keen interest in technology. The Western Digital Green Drives were the go to drives in the past, but were not ideal for NAS/RAID situations. Many of the members have had good luck with the RED drives, but still recommend a program such as SpinRite or HD Tune Pro to evaluate the drive before putting it into service. I can only recall one situation where a member reported a DOA Red Drive, and many more situations where the Green drives presented problems. The recommended drives for your scenario would be the WD Red drives or the Seagate NAS drives. RAID-1 would be a good solution, and a cloud backup such as CrashPlan on top of that. I have personally purchased two 3TB Red drives and have had no problems with them in the 6-12 months I have owned them. Hope this helps.
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for my use case it works faster that WD. I transfer files over LAN. Wifi will be slow.