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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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Affected Products

Dell Encryption
Article Properties
Article Number: 000123083
Article Type: Solution
Last Modified: 07 Sept 2023
Version:  8
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