We're using the NetBackup Software encryption.  Management loves the concept.

Two important things I learned:

1. It's slow, but managable.  Switching from the AES-256 Cipher to the
Blowfish Cipher sped things up about 25%.

2. Encrypted Data doesn't compress.  You can compress the data before
you encrypt, but that just doubles the hurt.

Austin


On 4/8/06, Ed Wilts <ewilts AT ewilts DOT org> wrote:
> Has anyone recently done any research into NetBackup encryption or is
> using it today?  Thoughts and opinions?  Are you using software-based
> encryption or encryption appliances?  If the latter, which are you using
> and which others have you looked at?
>
> Thanks,
>         .../Ed