Re: encrypted filesystems for database files
Date: Tue, 16 Sep 2014 09:11:28 -0400
Message-ID: <CA+fnDAZ_aY2-m9Li-ejA0+ipUuGEYSyZR24XCsdkgW1FY3SW0Q_at_mail.gmail.com>
On Mon, Sep 15, 2014 at 1:02 PM, Powell, Mark <mark.powell2_at_hp.com> wrote:
> Isn't that what Tablespace level TDE basically does for you?
>
Sure, if you want to pay for it. :)
> *From:* oracle-l-bounce_at_freelists.org [mailto:
> oracle-l-bounce_at_freelists.org] *On Behalf Of *April Sims
> *Sent:* Monday, September 15, 2014 11:34 AM
> *Subject:* encrypted filesystems for database files
>
> Anyone use encryption at the filesystem level for any type of Oracle
> database files?
>
I'm familiar with one case where a customer did this, but it was a off-site
standby database which really existed more as a backup than a standby. It
was not intended for actual failover. I haven't yet run a live production
database on os-level encryption. It would most likely work, but I wouldn't
expect equal performance to db-level encryption. If you've got a small app
and you don't want to pay for encryption then it may work fine for you. If
the business & database grow then it may eventually be worth buying
advanced security for the db. As always, those sorts of decisions are very
dependent on your specific situation and even then they're not usually
black and white...
-Jeremy
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