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| Compaq AXL200 Accelerator PCI Card |
| The performance solution for secure
application servers; supports more than 200 SSL connections per second |
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| Features at a Glance |
- Overcomes the performance bottleneck of SSL-secured applications
- Adds a dedicated coprocessor to the server, offloading cycle-consuming exponentiation
- Provides a much lower cost per SSL connection through the power of parallel processing
- Multiple cards provide linear, scalable performance
- Meets PCI 2.1 specifications for fast and easy installation
- Plugs into a Windows NT and Tru64™ UNIX system running NES 3.5, 3.6 or Windows 2000
running IIS5
- Available for use worldwide
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| The performance bottleneck in SSL-secured
application servers |
| Secure Sockets Layer (SSL) is a
cryptographic protocol that protects the digital communications between a browser and a
server. SSL is the de facto standard for Internet security today and is found in software
in millions of browsers and application servers. It is a crucial element of many Internet
applications such as home banking, online trading, consumer e-commerce, intranets and
extranets. As secure servers handle more and more SSL traffic, a performance bottleneck
can occur, which can severely affect customer satisfaction. The SSL protocol supports a
"handshake" between a browser and a server that establishes which cryptographic
algorithms will be used for that session. This handshake requires the server to perform a
compute-intense exponentiation of a cryptographic key. The server's CPUs perform
cryptographic processing with no cycles left for business processing. A successful
application may have new customers waiting to connect to the server. Customers may become
frustrated and go elsewhere. |
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| The Compaq AXL200 Accelerator PCI Card
solves the performance bottleneck |
| The immediate recourse to the performance
bottleneck is to add another application processor. This is expensive and may require that
additional memory be installed. The operations and management of the server will become
more complex. The preferred alternative is to offload all exponentiation processing to a
special-purpose peripheral, leaving the general-purpose processor free to run the business
application. The Compaq AXL200 Accelerator PCI Card brings the power of parallel
processing to bear on the performance bottleneck of secure applications. It meets the PCI
2.1 specification and provides for easy installation and use. The AXL200 PCI offloads
security processing overhead and CPU utilization devoted to exponentiation drops to near
zero. For less than the cost of another general-purpose processor, the AXL200 PCI
Accelerator Card frees the server to run the business application. |
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| The Compaq AXL200 Accelerator PCI Card
ensures that a secure server grows with the business |
| As a secure application serves more
customers, the AXL200 Accelerator PCI Card continues to alleviate the performance
bottleneck caused by the compute-intense exponentiation. The AXL200 Accelerator PCI Card
can support more than 200 SSL connections per second. The AXL200 PCI optimizes parallel
exponentiators on the PCI card to ensure that the secure application server can grow with
the needs of the business. This parallel architecture is more cost-effective in
alleviating the performance bottleneck of secure applications than any alternative method. |
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| When performance of secure servers is
important, the Compaq AXL200 Accelerator PCI Card is the solution |
| For more information visit www.compaq.com/security or www.atalla.com. |
