Rainer Duffner wrote: >> 1500 clients is quite a lot, but not hard to handle from a single >> machine if you select a cpu capable of doing ssl quickly. eg a power6 >> machine with a few cores would handle that without any problems. > > And what is the suggested RRP of such a thing? > (If one may ask). I am sure if you ask someone who sells them, they will tell you :D >> If you want to stick with commodity hardware, a couple of quad core >> amd's should also fit right in. > Or use an SSL-offloader. > Then, you can handle the same load with much less CPU-power. Can get fiddly, with specific drivers and patches required to various bits.. But thats a solution that could work too. - KB