Right, you can still get around this with the good old "use freon to freeze the DIMMs then search RAM for the encryption key" trick. Realistically, however, yo

Right, you can still get around this with the good old "use freon to freeze the DIMMs then search RAM for the encryption key" trick. Realistically, however, you need to look at the value of the data as opposed to the cost to retrieve it. For example, if all that is stored on the servers are a bunch of MPAA movies for streaming content (Akamai CDN or similar), the cost to a hacker to retrieve the data is not greater than the value of the data itself. After all, any content on Akamai CDN can most likely be found on some other channel like Bittorrent at a much lower cost than drilling out a hardware case and using freon on the DIMMs. The sophistication needed for that type of attack is only viable if the target data is worth $millions, and I suspect that nobody will be using home furnace servers for that type of processing. The key is to make the cost of accessing the data greater than the value of the data. If the value of the data is < cost to retrieve it you have a viable business model.