Re: "https is faster on amd64?"
On Sun, Feb 6, 2011 at 03:28, Camaleón <noelamac@gmail.com> wrote:
> On Sun, 06 Feb 2011 02:14:37 -0800, kellyremo wrote:
>
>> http://devcentral.f5.com/weblogs/macvittie/archive/2011/01/31/dispelling-the-new-ssl-myth.aspx
>
> He, he... what a good article, worth reading for those who want to "SSL-
> ize" all the web >>>:-)
>
>> according to the "SSL Performance" table it says that the transactions
>> per second is 2-3 times better using 64bit kernels opposite to 32bit
>> kernels?
>>
>> is this true, or i am just misunderstanding something
>
> I would expect that it is so. 64-bits are usually recommended for high
> computationally intensive tasks, like encryption.
I wonder if it is the actual 64 bits or the doubling of the registers that
makes it faster (or both). Of course Sandy Bridge has AES-NI, which
will speed it up a lot if you are using that algorithm.
Cheers,
Kelly Clowers
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