On Fri, Jul 29, 2011 at 11:53 AM, Jon Davis <w...@konsoletek.com> wrote:

> On Fri, Jul 29, 2011 at 11:29, Platonides <platoni...@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
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