Is there any point in encrypting a virtual server disk?

When needed, a hosting provider can just take a RAM dump and extract the encryption key, or at least regexp-match interesting files from the page cache, right?

Also, how much is the performance / resource usage overhead of a full-disk encryption?

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@darkcat09 `cryptsetup benchmark` will help you estimate the costs for your hardware.

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