On Sunday 06 February 2011 10:14:34 kellyremo wrote: > http://devcentral.f5.com/weblogs/macvittie/archive/2011/01/31/dispelling-th > e-new-ssl-myth.aspx > > 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 Why do you sound so surprised? It seems only natural that a 64bit processor will be roughly twice as fast compared to 32bit processor, for most computing- intensive tasks like encryption and such. The fact that a typical 64bit desktop machine does not appear significantly faster than an equivalent 32bit machine in a typical everyday desktop usecases is another matter. It has to do with the fact that the performance of the rest of the hardware (hard disk, graphics card, etc.) is identical in both 64bit and 32bit environments, coupled with the fact that a typical desktop usecase does not involve too much number-crunching to begin with. In a typical desktop machine the cpu is idling most of the time (waiting for user interaction), so the difference in power between the two architectures is not visible. But when you start doing some serious computations, the difference becomes visible. SSL {en|de}cryption is one of the examples. HTH, :-) Marko -- users mailing list users@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx To unsubscribe or change subscription options: https://admin.fedoraproject.org/mailman/listinfo/users Guidelines: http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Mailing_list_guidelines
