Re: softraid(4) full-disk encryption on SSD

2016-11-16 Thread lists
> I'm taking the plunge now. You're done with the swings.

Re: softraid(4) full-disk encryption on SSD

2016-11-16 Thread Nick Holland
On 11/16/16 11:52, Ax0n wrote: > I'm taking the plunge now. Mostly, I was concerned about SSD longevity and > if TRIM would be a problem due to the different way data is going to be > accessed. It was the cheapest drive I could find locally anyway, and I keep > good backups (dump to a much larger

Re: softraid(4) full-disk encryption on SSD

2016-11-16 Thread lists
Wed, 16 Nov 2016 19:10:08 +0100 ludovic coues > Trim and ssd longevity and what not may have been an issue when ssd where a > novelty. > These day, it should last just as long as an hard drive. So make backups if > what matters and don't worry about your disk. Hi Ludovic, You

Re: softraid(4) full-disk encryption on SSD

2016-11-16 Thread ludovic coues
Trim and ssd longevity and what not may have been an issue when ssd where a novelty. These day, it should last just as long as an hard drive. So make backups if what matters and don't worry about your disk. On 16 Nov 2016 5:54 p.m., "Ax0n" wrote: > I'm taking the plunge now.

Re: softraid(4) full-disk encryption on SSD

2016-11-16 Thread Ax0n
I'm taking the plunge now. Mostly, I was concerned about SSD longevity and if TRIM would be a problem due to the different way data is going to be accessed. It was the cheapest drive I could find locally anyway, and I keep good backups (dump to a much larger external drive that's also using

Re: softraid(4) full-disk encryption on SSD

2016-11-16 Thread Marc Peters
Am 11/16/16 um 17:07 schrieb Ax0n: > I'm less concerned about swap, and more concerned about how a fully > encrypted softraid Solid State Disk is going to act. I can't find a lot > about FDE on SSD. > It acts as a normal harddisk would, just faster :). I had one in my worklaptop i used before

Re: softraid(4) full-disk encryption on SSD

2016-11-16 Thread Ax0n
I'm less concerned about swap, and more concerned about how a fully encrypted softraid Solid State Disk is going to act. I can't find a lot about FDE on SSD. On Wed, Nov 16, 2016 at 9:41 AM, trondd wrote: > On Wed, November 16, 2016 10:23 am, Jiri B wrote: > > On Wed,

Re: softraid(4) full-disk encryption on SSD

2016-11-16 Thread Stefan Sperling
On Wed, Nov 16, 2016 at 10:23:39AM -0500, Jiri B wrote: > On Wed, Nov 16, 2016 at 09:14:51AM -0600, Ax0n wrote: > > I just purchased a SanDisk SSD for my daily-driver laptop which has been > > running -CURRENT well. I'm considering going with FDE and a fresh snapshot > > install, adding my

Re: softraid(4) full-disk encryption on SSD

2016-11-16 Thread trondd
On Wed, November 16, 2016 10:23 am, Jiri B wrote: > On Wed, Nov 16, 2016 at 09:14:51AM -0600, Ax0n wrote: >> I just purchased a SanDisk SSD for my daily-driver laptop which has been >> running -CURRENT well. I'm considering going with FDE and a fresh >> snapshot >> install, adding my packages then

Re: softraid(4) full-disk encryption on SSD

2016-11-16 Thread Jiri B
On Wed, Nov 16, 2016 at 09:14:51AM -0600, Ax0n wrote: > I just purchased a SanDisk SSD for my daily-driver laptop which has been > running -CURRENT well. I'm considering going with FDE and a fresh snapshot > install, adding my packages then copying over what I need from my old > spinning rust

softraid(4) full-disk encryption on SSD

2016-11-16 Thread Ax0n
I just purchased a SanDisk SSD for my daily-driver laptop which has been running -CURRENT well. I'm considering going with FDE and a fresh snapshot install, adding my packages then copying over what I need from my old spinning rust drive, mostly /home and the ssh host keys from /etc/ssh. Anything