Hello,
What is the the recommended production hardware for (Wowza VOD) server which could handle about 100,000 user
Does VOD support Wowza Load Balancer (Clustring,Failover) ?
Hi, 100k concurrent user can not be handled with one server, you can share content via wowza media cache system but its not the best practice. Because you need 100k * 1mbit ( assume video bitrate 1 mbit ) = 100gbit . it means you need 10gbit server * 10 . You have to pay 10 server price for every month even if you didnt use it . 10gbit server generally 600$ - 1000$ so minumum 10*600 = 6000$ cost for every month.
Therefore for this kind of use case scanario, best practice is serving video over cdn and pay as you go.
Note that lost of cdn can not handle 100gbit ( because their edge has 10gbit-20gbit maximum ). cheapest cdn like fdc ( 1 tb = 5$ ) , keycdn ( 1 tb = 25$ ) can not handle this load . Aws cloudfront, limelight, cdn77, akamai cdn are suitable for this work ( 1 tb = 50-125$ )