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I realize that. I'm asking how much traffic can be handled by a simple single server before it starts dying due to SSL CPU cycles. I do realize now that my qu
by PakG1 14y ago
I realize that. I'm asking how much traffic can be handled by a simple single server before it starts dying due to SSL CPU cycles.
I do realize now that my question is too simplistic and obviously varies according to the nature of the application, server config, etc. So won't expect any answers for it. :)
- michaelmior 14y agoDefinitely a question I can't answer. Although these days SSL is rarely implemented on each individual server. Instead, load balancers handle SSL and traffic is passed unencrypted to the backend servers doing the real work (presumably at this point, you're on a secure network). Many hardware load balancers even have specialized chips for handling SSL.
- ams6110 14y agoJust a guess but if you are running your site on a single server you're going to hit other bottlenecks in things such as your application code or database, your http server, or disk contention, or RAM starvation, before SSL encryption becomes the overriding one.