[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
Hi,
Hi,
I am trying to compare the performance benefits in using hardware
accelerator, and am experimenting the CAVIUM SSL card.
I am comparing the results between 'speed' and 'speed -engine cavium', and i
do not see any difference in numbers.
I do see the message 'cavium engine set', but really do not see any change
in the performance numbers.
you may find that the cavium platform is as fast as your CPU - or that the
PCI bandwidth is being exhausted etc - however, what you REALLY should be
doing is checking your processor load when testing. after all, doing
250m 1024bit keys/s with 1% CPU laod is far far better for a server
than 255m 1024bit keys/s with 68% CPU load :-)
i think cavium also supports ssl handshake in h/w (and have a lib called
turbossl).
i think the biggest performance eaters are the crypto ops. so naturally
one wud think tht doing the remaining part of ssl (packet handling, etc)
in s/w will not degrade any performance vs. doing it in h/w.
Has anyone any experience of ssl acceleration improving performance over
crypto acceleration?
-jb
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