What's the performance impact of using a 256 bit encryption key instead of 128 for Bitlocker?

I haven't noticed any significant performance difference. BUT in general most machines I've encrypted have been inconsistent in how long they take to encrypt anyway. Also a lot of the drives I've encrypted have been SSD's It's a background process anyway so I wouldn't worry about it too much. If it gives you improved security and that's your perogative I wouldn't worry about a few extra minutesPLEASE MARK ANY ANSWERS TO HELP OTHERS Blog: rorymon.com Twitter: @Rorymon

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Thanks Rorymon. I am trying to get numbers that I can go by to make a decision on which key length to go with. Do you know of any benchmarking done on this and where to find such information?

I think my question was misunderstood. I am basically asking for the impact of 128 vs 256 bit keys on the machine's general performance after the disk is encrypted.

Hi, OK, I found a site has the result of Bechmark test, please access http://4sysops.com/archives/bitlocker-vs-truecrypt-performance-benchmark/ Juke Chou TechNet Community Support