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SSD performance bottleneck during file write operations in disk's encrypted by Dell Data Protection Encryption

Summary: SSD drives encrypted by Dell Data Protection Encryption exhibit a performance bottleneck during file write operations.

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Symptoms

Affected Products:

  • Dell Data Protection | Encryption

We have observed performance degradation pertaining to solid state drive (SSD)s and encryption. There is a noticeable performance drop on both SATA and SSD drives when Dell Data Protection | Encryption is in use (AES-256). During file write operations in Encryption Disk Benchmarking, SSD Performances issues reported also for FVE drives. The slow device performance is affecting encrypted and nonencrypted data.

Cause

Not Applicable

Resolution

The performance of Dell Data Protection has been improved and optimized in many releases from 8.X to 11.X, is recommended upgrading to the latest available version.


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Article Properties


Affected Product

Dell Encryption

Last Published Date

07 Sept 2023

Version

8

Article Type

Solution