 |
 | Home | Contact Us | FAQ | Search & Site Map | Link to Us |
 | Sign In | Join | Other 45 Sites in Network |
Windows Server Forum / Windows Media Server / July 2008Can someone answer a few questions for me?
I've decided it would be best to set up a wms rather than paying a monthly hosting fee, and I have a few questions that I was hoping someone could answer for me. 1. I've got a server with dual xeon processors, 8MB, dual 120GB hd's, 10/100/1000 mbps card and connect to the internet via cable. Can you tell me how many simultaneous viewers can watch a live stream from my server? 2. Aside from what I have listed above, what else would I need in order to have 100 people watching a live feed simultaneously? Is a standard cable internet connection good enough to webcast a live event? I appreciate any help anyone can provide me. Thanks, John 1. Depends on the encoding rate. That configuration will handle around 800 mbps of live wms streaming. Thus if your encoding rate is 500 kbps, it will handle 1,600 concurrent live viewers. 2. You would need a connection that would handle the bandwidth. At 500 kbps encoding rate, 100 people would require 50 mbps. When you say 'standard cable internet' if you are referring to residential, then NO. A residential cable connection will support a couple of viewers. > 1. I've got a server with dual xeon processors, 8MB, dual 120GB hd's, > 10/100/1000 mbps card and connect to the internet via cable. Can you tell me [quoted text clipped - 6 lines] > I appreciate any help anyone can provide me. Thanks, > John My residential cable connection is 10 Mbps, and I was planning on only encoding at about 65 to 80K, but if I were encoding at 100K on a 10 Mbps connection, theoretically, I should be able to have 100 simultaneous viewers? Again I appreciate the help, and I'm just trying to see if it's more cost effective to setup my server as a wms rather than pay alot of money for something I may be able to use my system for. > 1. Depends on the encoding rate. That configuration will handle > around 800 mbps of live wms streaming. Thus if your encoding rate is [quoted text clipped - 16 lines] > > I appreciate any help anyone can provide me. Thanks, > > John If you encode at 65 to 80 kbps, then you will have listeners, not viewers > My residential cable connection is 10 Mbps, and I was planning on only > encoding at about 65 to 80K, but if I were encoding at 100K on a 10 Mbps > connection, theoretically, I should be able to have 100 simultaneous viewers? |
Reply to this Message |
 Sign In
 Join
 My Latest Posts My Monitored Threads My Blog My Photo Gallery My Profile My Homepage Start New Thread Enable EMail Alerts Rate this Thread
|
©2009 Advenet LLC Privacy Policy - Terms of Use
This website includes both content owned or controlled by Advenet as well as content owned or controlled by third parties.