Turn OFF Lion FileVault2 for Best SSD Performance
Hi, I thought this justified its own thread. For those on 2011 Macs and particularly 2010 or earlier Macs without ~CPU AES~ or something like that turn OFF whole-disk Lion Filevault2.
With Lion Filevault2 off, your SSD will be operating at its peak. I've seen and benches show up to 40% reduction in speed with whole-disk FileVault2 (but still it is very fast).
But wait, there's more. How ~do~ you protect sensitive data? Simple. Make a separate partition. Format that partition with "Mac OS X Journaled, Encrypted". This is quite obscure, but when formatting using Disk Utility, choose Erase drive with that option.
Voila. Fast non-sensitive main partition for apps, caches, music, movies, etc. and a separate Lion-"native" encryption (same tech as FileVault2 AFAIK).
Don't forget to encrypt your Time Machine backup too if you want, it will use Time Machine's whole-disk encryption.
Of course, disclaimer here is consider your situation, and if whole-disk FileVault2 is needed, go for it. If not, then try out the above. Hope this helps.
With Lion Filevault2 off, your SSD will be operating at its peak. I've seen and benches show up to 40% reduction in speed with whole-disk FileVault2 (but still it is very fast).
But wait, there's more. How ~do~ you protect sensitive data? Simple. Make a separate partition. Format that partition with "Mac OS X Journaled, Encrypted". This is quite obscure, but when formatting using Disk Utility, choose Erase drive with that option.
Voila. Fast non-sensitive main partition for apps, caches, music, movies, etc. and a separate Lion-"native" encryption (same tech as FileVault2 AFAIK).
Don't forget to encrypt your Time Machine backup too if you want, it will use Time Machine's whole-disk encryption.
Of course, disclaimer here is consider your situation, and if whole-disk FileVault2 is needed, go for it. If not, then try out the above. Hope this helps.