diff --git a/kube/deploy/core/storage/rook-ceph/cluster/app/hr.yaml b/kube/deploy/core/storage/rook-ceph/cluster/app/hr.yaml
index 560b14ff..873c10ce 100644
--- a/kube/deploy/core/storage/rook-ceph/cluster/app/hr.yaml
+++ b/kube/deploy/core/storage/rook-ceph/cluster/app/hr.yaml
@@ -29,8 +29,9 @@ spec:
       network:
         #provider: host
         connections:
+          requireMsgr2: true
           encryption:
-            enabled: true
+            enabled: false # TODO: 2023-11-23 disabled to test speeds with compression without encryption
           compression:
             enabled: true
       crashCollector: