i don't know what is it for, but if it is for commercial purposes, there are hardware solutions in the form of pci addon cards that can allow you to maintain scalability without buying more computers. (rack mounts constrains, etc...) searching in google: "ssl accelerator" some are expensive some are less.
* - * - * Tzahi Fadida [EMAIL PROTECTED] Technion Email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] My Cool Site: HTTP://WWW.My2Nis.Com * - * - * - * - * - * - * - * - * - * WARNING TO SPAMMERS: see at http://members.lycos.co.uk/my2nis/spamwarning.html > -----Original Message----- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]On Behalf Of Guy Baruch > Sent: Wednesday, September 04, 2002 12:55 PM > To: Oded Arbel > Cc: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: Re: OpenSSL benchmark and my computer > > > > > Oded Arbel wrote: > > > Hi list. > > ... > > First I've run the OpenSSL speed test on several machines I have > > access to, and summerized the 512b and 4096b keys > verifys/sec. to make > > a long story short, the AMD Duron 700MHz I'm running at home had > > 7202,202 respectivly, while the P4 1.5GHz I'm running at > work showed > > 6910,191 respectivly. > > what is sample size ? what is standard deviation ? what are > significant > digits ? > > > > > I was thinking to myself - I know that Pentium 4 uses a radicly > > different processor architecture then P3 and other x86 > compatibles and > > needs to have programs recompiled to it for the best > performance (IIRC > > I've read it somewhere). > > I tried to recompile OpenSSL for my Penitum 4 - apparently > it wasn't > > that easy. > > what compiler version ? did you try intel's compiler ? > > > > > I just went ahead and ran 'openssl speed' on the binary produced in > > the build directory. interestingly enough, the results were > even lower > > (!) then the previous benchmark on the same machine. > > again, could be measurement error . > > > BTW - It's a P4 with SDRAM, while the Duron is sporting > DDRs. not that > > I think it matters, as the OpenSSL speedtest is about raw > processing > > power and not memory bandwidth - a lowley 72pin DRAM can handle the > > memory requirements of that benchmark. > > compile it statically, send it to a friend with RDRAM P4 , test > hypothesis ... > (also IIRC there are utilities to measure cache miss ratio, > STW for one) > > -- > -- regards > > +------------------------------------------------------------- > ---------- > + Guy Baruch , Plasma Laboratory, Weizmann Institue. > + mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > + phone: 972-8-934-2211 > +------------------------------------------------------------- > ---------- > > They hang the man and flog the woman > That steal the goose from off the common, > But let the greater villain loose > That steals the common from the goose. > > --English folk poem, circa 1764 > > > > > ================================================================= > To unsubscribe, send mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with > the word "unsubscribe" in the message body, e.g., run the command > echo unsubscribe | mail [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > > > ================================================================To unsubscribe, send mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with the word "unsubscribe" in the message body, e.g., run the command echo unsubscribe | mail [EMAIL PROTECTED]
