DSM Accelerator [5.7] - May 25, 2026

1. Overview

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

DSM Accelerator Webservice version - 1.33

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