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DSM Accelerator [5.7] - May 25, 2026

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1. Overview

This article provides an overview of performance statistics in the Fortanix Data Security Manager (DSM) Accelerator 5.7 release.

2. Fortanix Data Security Manager Accelerator Performance Statistics

2.1 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

sudo docker run -d --network host --memory=1g --memory-swap=2g --log-driver json-file --log-opt max-size=100m


2.2 DSM Accelerator Webservice

NOTE

The performance numbers below are captured with a single node; if you need higher performance or throughput, then Fortanix recommends adding multiple nodes.

Key Types and Operations

Throughput (Operations/second on a 1-node cluster re-using a single TLS session)

AES 256: CBC Encryption/Decryption

20,474/20,567

AES 256: GCM Encryption/Decryption

21,922/21,384

AES 256: FPE Encryption/Decryption

9,558/9,459


2.3 Additional Modes

Key Types and Operations

Throughput (Operations/second on a 1-node cluster re-using a single TLS session)

AES 256: CBCNOPAD Encryption/Decryption

21,787/21,395

AES 256: CFB Encryption/Decryption

21,870/21,423

AES 256: CTR Encryption/Decryption

21,895/21,407

AES 256: OFB Encryption/Decryption

21,930/21,442

AES 256: CCM Encryption/Decryption

21,893/21,412

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