Unreal Media Server

[mikec]

We have the licensed version of UMediaServer 5.5

When we use Media server configurator to add more live broadcasts, the live source id goes from 1-255 per ip address.

We want to put more than 255 live feeds on this server. Is there any way to have more on the same server or do we have to get a 2nd machine ?

[Admin]

More than 255 per single IP address!?
But Live Server only allows up to 255 live sources.

Are you telling me you have a single Live Server computer where you want to configure more than 255 sources?
What kind of supercomputer is that?
I understand that you are using hardware-encoded content, but still...

You really need to use another Live Server computer for your next 255 set! Healthy for everybody.

Admin

[tommybcool]

Okay, I'll ask it. What are you doing Mikec that demands this live server IP sourcing? Something mobile? Just curious.

[Admin]

Okay, I will satisfy your curiousity, tommybcool.

He is connecting 255 IP Cameras to a single Live Server computer using UAxisVideo or IPCamSourceVideo.
Pretty wild, but actually, why not?

He is streaming hardware-compressed content, so CPU may be OK. (no software encoding involved).
The bottleneck there may be the IO speed - his throughput must be gigantic - if all 255 cameras stream 100kbps at the same time - it counts to 25mbps - this can hardly be served by 100mbps LAN router.

Admin

[bostunes]

Ummm, I have had a 100 mbps NIC card in one of my servers at 86% utilization--that's 86 mbps.

I still had CPU and memory to spare. It was Pentium 4 3.0 Ghz with 1 GB RAM.

Here's proof:



There were over 2000 connected clients at the time.