Bandwidth Limits on FCS v1.5

[codeMonkey32]

I'm new to FCS, so pardon my ignorance, or lack of correct terminology.

We're running Flash Communication Server v1.5. We have a hard limit of 2500
peak users, and 10Mbps. It's been a relatively maintenance free system for the
last couple of years, but as of late we're hitting the 10Mbps threshold
constantly.

The only documentation I've been able to find covers the new Flash Media
Server 2.0, which allows you to reduce the number of peak users and increase
the bandwidth limit accordingly.
[url]http://www.adobe.com/cfusion/knowledgebase/index.cfm?id=kb400117[/url]
Unfortunately, I've been unable to find anything similar for FCS.

Can anyone tell me if this is possible, and if so, how to configure it. Or
is our option to upgrade to the new FMS?
Not opposed to the upgrade, but would hate to have to spend the money when
this one's been so trouble free.

[JayCharles]

There are two ways you can approach this:

You can configure at the vHost level - Just find the vhosts.xml file in the
directory of your vhost (the default vhost is [fcs install
dir]\conf\_defaultRoot_\_defaultVHost_\vhost.xml), and look for this line:

<MaxConnections>-1</MaxConnections>

You can also limit connections at the application level. In your onConnect
method, you can check the number of clients already connected, and reject
clients when at your limit:

application.onConnect = function(clientObj){
if (application.clients.length > 100){
application.rejectConnection(clientObj);
}
}

[codeMonkey32]

Hi Jay...

Thanks very much for the quick response. In my efforts to not be long-winded
with my question, I think I was a little too vague.

We want to open up the servers' bandwidth as opposed to further limiting it.
We have plenty of bandwidth available to us, so we want to stop the FCS from
blocking accesses once it hits 10Mbps.

My understanding was that by reducing the peak users (we're usually no more
than 200, so I was wanting to set it for 250) we could in turn increase the
available bandwidth limit, or in some cases make it unlimited.

Feel free to correct me if I'm not clear on this.

[JayCharles]

No... decreasing clients doen't increase available bandwidth, it just decreases
the number of users shaing that 10mbps limit.

When you reach either limit, the server will reject connections until both
connections and throughput fall below license limits. Unless you can come up
with another FCS license (Adobe isn't selling FCS licenses anymore), there's no
way around that bandwidth cap.

I see where you're going... but unfortunately FCS doesn't have the profiles
like FMS does.

[codeMonkey32]

That's exactly what I needed to know.
I guess we upgrade then.

Thanks again for you assistance and your time. It's very much appreciated.