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RN104: 50 % performance hit for encrypting?
In trying to decide whether to encrypt my drives on my new RN104 I came across this Facebook entry, purportedly from someone with Netgear: <<< ReadyNAS Niklas, there is a read/write performance ov...
Do not use volume encryption with the ReadyNAS 100 series if you still want a reasonable transfer speed!
The transfer speed on my RN104 and RN102 drops from 58MB/s to 11MB/s with encrypted volumes, on a 1GB/s LAN. These units simply don't have the processor capacity for encryption. In my opinion, the encryption should not be offered on the 100 series, but NetGear told me that they want to develop firmaware that can be used on all ReadyNAS series. NetGear support spent about 10 hours on support to find that the main cause for my speed issues is because of the encryption. Support was friendly and professional, but my problem is not solved. The supplier doesn't want to take back the systems, because they are not 'broken'. So I'm stucked now with 2 NAS units with an terrible barred transfer speed. Encryption is mandatory for me. NetGear should have warned me for this, as I called them before I purchased the systems with these specific questions: is realtime encryption possible with the RN104 and RN102, and can I do a complete remote replication between the units? They told me clearly: no problem at all with the latest firmware.
I am really disappointed in NetGear.
The transfer speed on my RN104 and RN102 drops from 58MB/s to 11MB/s with encrypted volumes, on a 1GB/s LAN. These units simply don't have the processor capacity for encryption. In my opinion, the encryption should not be offered on the 100 series, but NetGear told me that they want to develop firmaware that can be used on all ReadyNAS series. NetGear support spent about 10 hours on support to find that the main cause for my speed issues is because of the encryption. Support was friendly and professional, but my problem is not solved. The supplier doesn't want to take back the systems, because they are not 'broken'. So I'm stucked now with 2 NAS units with an terrible barred transfer speed. Encryption is mandatory for me. NetGear should have warned me for this, as I called them before I purchased the systems with these specific questions: is realtime encryption possible with the RN104 and RN102, and can I do a complete remote replication between the units? They told me clearly: no problem at all with the latest firmware.
I am really disappointed in NetGear.
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