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Are ONTAP storage efficiencies maintained when software-based encryption (NVE or NAE) is in use?

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Applies to

  • ONTAP 9
  • NetApp Volume Encryption (NVE)
  • NetApp Aggregate Encryption (NAE)

Answer

  • Yes. As depicted in Figure 1 below, the Cryptographic Module performs data encryption at the RAID layer.
  • This allows storage efficiencies to stay in place because they are performed before the encryption functions.

Figure 1) NVE and NAE encrypt/decrypt flow

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Note: For aggregate-level deduplication, refer to Does NVE and NAE work with aggregate deduplication?

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FAQ: NetApp Volume Encryption and NetApp Aggregate Encryption

 

 

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