What are some benefits of the extra processing power?
• The web server could host both secure and insecure data. By this we mean it can perform the tasks of both types of servers (port 80 and port 443) • The web server will not need such a powerful CPU, thus saving money on hardware (e.g. 400 MHz instead of 500 MHz.) • With the free CPU utilization, the server could also be used as a dedicated application server.
Most eCommerce servers are responding to secure connections while at the same time doing database queries. By off-loading the secure packet processing, the server can now use the extra CPU power to increase the number of database transactions. • The web server could host both secure and insecure data. By this we mean it can perform the tasks of both types of servers (port 80 and port 443.) • The web server will not need such a powerful CPU, thus saving money on hardware (e.g. using 400 MHz instead of 500 MHz.) • With the free CPU utilization, the server could also be used as a dedicated application server.
