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Encryption Kernel Linux Performance

Linux dm-crypt Performance – Kernel 5.9+

Update 11.12.2021: Finally got a new test machine and started re-evaluating the current situation. The tests were done on a Quad-Core i5 system, using a 24 GB RAM disk (32 GB RAM total). System is Ubuntu 20.04 (x86_64). Basic test were done using fio with variations of this command: The different benchmark scenarios are these: […]

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Encryption Kernel Linux Performance

Linux dm-crypt Performance – Modifications

Building kernel modules To build the kernel modules we first need to install the kernel sources matching the latest kernel. So first we download and install the required packages: And now prepare a kernel source tree for compilation: Now we should have the very same source tree that build our currently running kernel (well at […]