>From the orig post "Recent Intel CPU has a fature called AES-NI<http://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 <br...@pobox.com> wrote: > 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 > _______________________________________________ > Wikitech-l mailing list > Wikitech-l@lists.wikimedia.org > https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikitech-l > _______________________________________________ Wikitech-l mailing list Wikitech-l@lists.wikimedia.org https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikitech-l
