Connections to the Appliance - Limits

Here are the considerations, for a SafeNet Network HSM appliance, regarding client registrations and connections.

What is the maximum number of clients I can register against one SafeNet Network HSM appliance?

No hard limit is set.

What is the maximum number of clients that can connect to one SafeNet Network HSM appliance, at the same time?

No hard limit is set, but see below.

What is the maximum number of connections per registered client?

No hard limit is set, but see below.

What is the maximum number of connections, in total, to a single SafeNet Network HSM appliance?   

Previously, a hard limit of 800 connections was set for SafeNet Network HSM 4.x, SafeNet Network HSM 5.0, and SafeNet Network HSM 5.1.

For SafeNet Network HSM 5.2 and newer, no hard limit is set. SafeNet Network HSM limits the number of connections according to system resources. We have verified that up to 1000 simultaneous connections can be established, in whatever combination of links per connected client. The number of simultaneous links that a given client might establish is dependent upon the application.

SafeNet PCI-E HSM 6.2 Product Documentation
007-011329-009 Rev. A 18 December 2015 Copyright 2015 Gemalto NV All rights reserved.