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The 1gbps connections...


Ashley
04-12-2009, 03:07
Quote Originally Posted by monkey56657
It acts as a server. As for whether it supports 'rmtp' I don't know.
control over bitrate and amount of clients?

And RPS's would be nice however I do have a bunch of American viewers.

I guess using GeoIP lookups i can re-route them through the main premium server?

Myatu
01-12-2009, 16:08
Quote Originally Posted by elvis1
Dude as professor Myatu has said: grab a bunch of RPS and install that software he said (glusterFS) if he recommends it, it cant be bad
LOL! Well, I did say setting up a couple of RPS servers, but not to use GlusterFS in this instance (that was another thread). What Ashley would need, if going with the RPS setup, is software that can take his video stream from the main server. But apparently such software isn't widely available or will cost an arm-and-a-leg, which is something Ashley is trying to avoid in the first place.

unclebob
01-12-2009, 13:07
Try this: http://simplecdn.com/pricing

freshwire
01-12-2009, 09:08
It acts as a server. As for whether it supports 'rmtp' I don't know.

elvis1
01-12-2009, 05:39
Quote Originally Posted by Ashley
We already streamed for 35 weeks from a studio in London and they don't want us to do it anymore (they = our joint venture) so we are looking at the possibilities of doing it ourselves.

We stream live music: http://www.getdarker.com/tv/ for an archive of previous shows.

@MicroChip123: I don't like the idea of a free ad-supported video stream. Plus it doesn't have the quality I desire.

@monkey56657: it relays a stream? from a server to a server or does it act as a server to serve the relayed rmtp?
Dude as professor Myatu has said: grab a bunch of RPS and install that software he said (glusterFS) if he recommends it, it cant be bad

Ashley
27-11-2009, 11:54
Quote Originally Posted by Razakel
Email them and they might offer you something. It's always worth a try.

Out of interest, what were you planning on streaming?
We already streamed for 35 weeks from a studio in London and they don't want us to do it anymore (they = our joint venture) so we are looking at the possibilities of doing it ourselves.

We stream live music: http://www.getdarker.com/tv/ for an archive of previous shows.

@MicroChip123: I don't like the idea of a free ad-supported video stream. Plus it doesn't have the quality I desire.

@monkey56657: it relays a stream? from a server to a server or does it act as a server to serve the relayed rmtp?

freshwire
26-11-2009, 18:37
VLC can relay video streams ... it's not just a media player

It can also run from terminal if needed.

Razakel
26-11-2009, 18:28
Quote Originally Posted by Ashley
Works out at $600 a week bandwith costs for EC2

Why aren't there free solutions available for non profits, arghhhhhhhh!
Email them and they might offer you something. It's always worth a try.

Out of interest, what were you planning on streaming?

Myatu
26-11-2009, 16:39
$600? Woah... So much for the savings then, LOL. I like that ustream.tv MicroChip123 recommended though. Nice find!

MicroChip123
26-11-2009, 15:51
Have you looked at http://www.ustream.tv/

Ashley
26-11-2009, 15:48
Works out at $600 a week bandwith costs for EC2

Why aren't there free solutions available for non profits, arghhhhhhhh!

Myatu
25-11-2009, 17:09
Wowza Media Server (http://www.wowzamedia.com/) can act as a "live repeater" (with your FMS as origin). It's free for up to 10 concurrent connections ("Pro10"), but quite an expensive beast above that. However, this might be interesting to you as you only need it for 4 hours a week: http://www.wowzamedia.com/ec2.html. I'd say, Google around a bit on keywords like "repeater", "restream", "edge casting", etc.

Ashley
25-11-2009, 16:10
OVH have a configuration for streaming and comes pre-installed with Flash Media Server (which I am using) so figured it would be ok.

Thing with the RPS's though and my set up, i'm not sure relaying rtmp is possible without extra software which is also extra costs?

Myatu
25-11-2009, 13:21
300 Mbps? Hmm, I would have thought of Influxis (http://www.influxis.com), but 300 Mbps will become quite pricey.

But since you're using a live stream, you might actually be able to utilise RPSes for this purpose. You use your current server to distribute the stream to a number of RPSes - say 1.5 Mbps MD stream each to about 3 RPSes (that's only 5 Mbps with the overhead).

These 3 RPSes will then stream it to multiple viewers. Given the 100 Mbps cap for each RPS, 3 would get you close to the number you're looking at (though outside of Europe your results will vary due to low priority peering on RPSes).

You should be able to use the lowest-cost RPS really, since you're not doing any encoding on these servers - just relaying what the main server already encoded. So about £30 extra a month, this would beat Influxis or other streaming media companies.

However, I would double check the T&Cs at OVH. I think there might actually be a clause regarding streaming media (high bandwidth). Not sure, but most other companies do.

Ashley
25-11-2009, 12:11
Quote Originally Posted by Razakel
No, you can only get 1Gbps if you order it with the server. No upgrade option exists. :/

You can't get it with the C-05G either.
Hrm, I wouldn't want a kimsufi anyway.

I just need to find a viable option that can do around 250-300mbps for 4 hours 1 day a week for a live internet video stream.

Razakel
25-11-2009, 02:12
Quote Originally Posted by Ashley
If I currently have a server with a 100mbps that isnt kimsufi.

Is a 1gbit upgrade available?
No, you can only get 1Gbps if you order it with the server. No upgrade option exists. :/

You can't get it with the C-05G either.

Ashley
25-11-2009, 00:08
If I currently have a server with a 100mbps that isnt kimsufi.

Is a 1gbit upgrade available?

Neil
24-11-2009, 23:19
Quote Originally Posted by IainK
@Marks: is traffic OVH -> Internet but transferred over peering counted towards the bandwidth used?
Gigabit is right, unless you have an SP Unmetered Server which means you have unlimited on the peering network.

gigabit
24-11-2009, 19:38
OVH > Internet is anything going out of your server that isnt to another OVH server.

IainK
24-11-2009, 19:32
@Marks: is traffic OVH -> Internet but transferred over peering counted towards the bandwidth used?

marks
24-11-2009, 14:39
yes, you can use the whole of it, but that's quite difficult to achieve, specially from another single point. Also, you'll have to consider that at 1Gbps, the monthly traffic allowance will be consumed quite quickly.

Btw, the 1Gbps is both ways, but just the "OVH to Internet" traffic counts for the monthly allowance.

Razakel
24-11-2009, 14:22
Yes you can. It's both ways.

Ashley
24-11-2009, 11:58
Can you actually use the whole 1gbps externally?

Is it outgoing or incoming data only?