I searched through the forums and the Internet and found many valuable clues, but I need your advice on just a few more things before I'm ready to start working on this project.
I'm about to play with a machine with an Intel Q6600 (quad core) CPU, 7G RAM (DDR2) and six hard discs.
The CPU has no AES acceleration, so am I right to assume it's better to encrypt what actually needs to be encrypted, as opposed to going with full disc encryption?
If the answer is 'yes', then does this mean I must make two zpools: one for the OS and one for the storage? I hope not because in that case I need to plan beforehand how much space I need to allocate with gpart.
What would you advice me to do?
I'm about to play with a machine with an Intel Q6600 (quad core) CPU, 7G RAM (DDR2) and six hard discs.
The CPU has no AES acceleration, so am I right to assume it's better to encrypt what actually needs to be encrypted, as opposed to going with full disc encryption?
If the answer is 'yes', then does this mean I must make two zpools: one for the OS and one for the storage? I hope not because in that case I need to plan beforehand how much space I need to allocate with gpart.
What would you advice me to do?