| Operation | No Encryption (ext4) | LUKS + ext4 | ncryptosp (aes-256-gcm) | | :--- | :--- | :--- | :--- | | Sequential Write (1MB blocks) | 450 MB/s | 210 MB/s | | | Random Read (4KB) | 45k IOPS | 22k IOPS | 41k IOPS | | Volume Creation Time (100GB) | 0.2s | 12s (format) | 1.4s | | Memory Overhead per volume | 0 MB | 256 MB (dm-crypt) | 18 MB |
The phantom guard had vanished because the service it belonged to had been reborn. Elias realized that the gatekeeper wasn't just a statue; it was a living link to the service. When the service restarted, all old handles became useless ghosts. ncryptopenstorageprovider new
return 0;