We have upcoming a live streaming event. We will be publishing a single 500kbps Standard Def (SD) RTMP based stream. We need to reliably support 6,000 simultaneous viewers. Several hours long in duration.
Using Wowza, can a single dedicated server support such an event? Or would it be recommended or necessary to have a multi-server origin/edge repeater configuration?
If yes, what hardware configuration would be recommended for the dedicated server(s) running Wowza?
I have seen Richard’s (rrlanham) reply 03-07-2011 re: “Dedicated media streaming server hardware” at the following link:
And Dobrushin’s reply 06-01-2010 re: “server hardware requirements, bandwidth etc” at the following link:
We have upcoming a live streaming event. We will be publishing a single 500kbps Standard Def (SD) RTMP based stream. We need to reliably support 6,000 simultaneous viewers. Several hours long in duration.
Using Wowza, can a single dedicated server support such an event? Or would it be recommended or necessary to have a multi-server origin/edge repeater configuration?
If yes, what hardware configuration would be recommended for the dedicated server(s) running Wowza?
I have seen Richard’s (rrlanham) reply 03-07-2011 re: “Dedicated media streaming server hardware” at the following link:
@azrilnazli – Thanks. AWS is not our first choice due to Amazon’s published “Data Transfer Pricing” for “Standard US” starting at $0.120 per GB, which is 3 times the 4¢/GB we pay with a hosting partner. Bandwidth is a big percent of the cost on these events.
@JasonH – Thanks! Richard (rrlanham) provided me a further confirmation specific to our requirements (on the thread Dobrushin had earlier responded on). Richard’s reply here: