1. Overview
This article provides an overview of general improvements in the Fortanix Data Security Manager (DSM) Accelerator 4.25 release.
2. New Features/Improvements
DSM Accelerator JCE Provider:
Added support for authenticating DSM applications with client certificates when using the DSM Accelerator unified JCE Provider (JIRA: PM-140). For more details, refer to Developer’s Guide: DSM Accelerator JCE Provider.
DSM Accelerator Webservice:
Validated Snowflake integration with DSM Accelerator Webservice deployed in Amazon Web Service (AWS) Elastic Kubernetes Service (EKS) environment (JIRA: ROQA-4476).
3. Fortanix Data Security Manager Accelerator Performance Statistics
3.1 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 | 2 GiB |
VM Type | Standard D4ds v4 Azure VM |
Docker Runtime Configuration |
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3.2 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 | 17,491/18,362 |
AES 256: GCM Encryption/Decryption | 17,318/17,601 |
AES 256: FPE Encryption/Decryption | 5,758/5,728 |
3.3 Additional Modes
Key Types and Operations | Throughput (Operations/second on a 1-node cluster) |
|---|---|
AES 256: CBCNOPAD Encryption/Decryption | 17,695/17,862 |
AES 256: CFB Encryption/Decryption | 17,708/17,878 |
AES 256: CTR Encryption/Decryption | 17,667/17,885 |
AES 256: OFB Encryption/Decryption | 17,727/17,959 |
AES 256: CCM Encryption/Decryption | 17,245/17,504 |