On 6 March 2015 at 17:23, Rob D <[email protected]> wrote: Rob what workload are you looking to compare? SSL would make use of the > CPACF facility in the Z procs themselves. Crypto cards assist in key > exchange and Z\OS type workloads. Zlinux workloads tend to use libs that > don't use crypto card functionality much. >
There's many aspects, and some affect performance. For SSL (like your web server) there's encryption of the payload (where CPACF may help) but for the SSL handshake you have little from CPACF but need Crypto Express to do the sign/verify if you don't want that in software. Your distribution has the libica package to exploit the Crypto Express cards. With openssl-ibmca it lets applications exploit it. Similar route for Java based applications. Rob ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For LINUX-390 subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to [email protected] with the message: INFO LINUX-390 or visit http://www.marist.edu/htbin/wlvindex?LINUX-390 ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For more information on Linux on System z, visit http://wiki.linuxvm.org/
