On Fri, Jul 29, 2011 at 11:53 AM, Jon Davis wiki@konsoletek.com wrote:
On Fri, Jul 29, 2011 at 11:29, Platonides Platonides@gmail.com wrote:
Our servers don't have a GPU, so that would need a hardware upgrade.
Yes, but if large scale SSL deployment increased CPU usage to the point
of necessitating new hardware... the cost could be reduced by purchased GPU's for servers rather than bunches of entirely new boxes.
Conceptually I think it is a cool idea.
Most likely we'll end up with dedicated SSL termination subcluster, so those machines could be grabbed with whatever hardware they specifically needed. Certainly something to keep in mind!
-- brion