1. Overview
This article provides an overview of general improvements and resolved issues in the Fortanix Data Security Manager (DSM) Accelerator 4.23 release.
2. New Features/Improvements
DSM Accelerator JCE Provider:
Added support for DSM Accelerator JCE for Windows (JIRA: PM-123). For more details, refer to Fortanix DSM Accelerator JCE Provider Developer Guide.
3. Bug Fixes
The retry mechanism does not work as expected in the DSM Accelerator Webservice (JIRA: PROD-7068).
4. Fortanix Data Security Manager Accelerator Performance Statistics
4.1 Runtime Environment
NOTE
The following table lists the standard recommended runtime environment. You can choose a higher configuration for better performance.
DSM Accelerator was run in the runtime environment listed below for performance testing.
Item | Specification |
|---|---|
Number of Cores | 4 |
CPU | Intel(R) Xeon(R) CPU E5-2673 v4 @ 2.30GHz |
RAM | 16 GiB |
Docker Runtime Configuration |
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4.2 DSM Accelerator Webservice
NOTE
The performance numbers below are captured with a single node; if you need higher performance or throughput, then we recommend adding multiple nodes.
Key Types and Operations | Throughput (Operations/second on a 1-node cluster) |
|---|---|
AES 256: CBC Encryption/Decryption | 16,575/16,918 |
AES 256: GCM Encryption/Decryption | 16,445/16,910 |
AES 256: FPE Encryption/Decryption | 4,923/4,974 |
4.3 Additional Modes
Key Types and Operations | Throughput (Operations/second on a 1-node cluster) |
|---|---|
AES 256: CBCNOPAD Encryption/Decryption | 16,663/17,018 |
AES 256: CFB Encryption/Decryption | 16,664/17,081 |
AES 256: CTR Encryption/Decryption | 16,668/17,051 |
AES 256: OFB Encryption/Decryption | 16,967/17,385 |
AES 256: CCM Encryption/Decryption | 16,355/16,697 |