The Race to Encrypt Everything Has a Hidden Cost
Dell, Thursday, September 24th, 2026
Dell says encrypting data before storage can undermine efficiency and describes its in-transit alternative.
This Dell blog article examines the trade-offs of widespread data encryption, arguing that encrypting data before it reaches storage arrays can undermine storage efficiency.
It describes an approach, developed with Broadcom, that encrypts data in transit while preserving storage optimization features like deduplication and compression.
The article says this protects information across the server-to-storage path without sacrificing infrastructure performance.