From the orig post "Recent Intel CPU has a fature called
AES-NIhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/AES_instruction_set that accelerates AES processing. A CPU with AES-NI can perform 5 to 10 times faster than a CPU without it. We observe that a single core can perform 5 Gbps and 15 Gbps for encryption and decryption respectively." There's no longer a need for specialized hardware solutions in this space, GPU based or otherwise.
On Fri, Jul 29, 2011 at 12:10 PM, Brion Vibber brion@pobox.com wrote:
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!
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