Questions on GELI encryption

[Alaksiej C]

On Thu, May 28, 2009 at 1:50 AM, Alaksiej C <ac at belngo.info> wrote:

> Though, if data is really valuable, it would be better to do backup
> copies of it regularly regardless of encryption. And if you do, than,
> speaking about probability of irreparable data loss, there's no
> difference between encrypted and unencrypted HDD, slice etc.
>

Well, to say more precisely, there's a possibility of losing
"last-minute data", which couldn't be recovered from copies, so it's
better to backup both data and GELI metadata. In this case, I believe,
you will have the same level of repairability as for unencrypted
drive.