The SSL Benchmark
The parameter that measures SSL performance of a given processor is simply the number of secure transactions that can be handled per second. This benchmark encapsulates the entire SSL transaction, beginning with the external client, crossing the network to the server, traveling through the interrupt stack, network code, operating system, Web server, and cryptographic libraries to the data. Measurement of the performance time is not completed until the transaction crosses all the way back out again.
During benchmark tests, the best SSL performance was obtained with an Itanium-based server running Zeus Web Server software on the HP-UX operating system. This combination delivered almost 1,200 SSL transactions per second with a ...
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