FMS' limits

[cartuchos]

Hello all, this forum has been very helpful in answering all my fms questions,
I have yet another one.
How much is too much with FMS? I would like to broadcast and view users
webcam, but I would like to know how many people I could broadcast and view
without making to server go extremely slow and also, is there a way arround the
server getting too crowded? For example, say I want a max of "x" simultaneous
conections broadcasting in a server and when I reach that "x" mark for it to go
to broadcast through another server, etc.
Is influxis the best hosting arround? Or are there others?

Thanks so much in advance,

Rgds,

[JayCharles]

Well... it really depends on the machine fms is running on, the internet pipe
it's connected to, and the bitrate of the streams you're serving.

Let's assume you're running a fairly powerful machine (maybe a dual Xeon, 4meg
machine), you have a 100mbps pipe, and your streams are set at 256kbps.

In this case, you'd max out the internet pipe at about 400 concurrent
streams... far fewer than the server can handle. I've read that FMS can handle
several throusand concurrent live streams on a single box, but I've never
pushed it that hard (the most I've has on a single box was about 1000)

You can limit the number of allowed connections at the server level by
modifying your vhost.xml file for the vhost you want to limit, or you can do it
at the application level by checking connected clients in your
application.onConnect method:

application.onConnect = function(clientObj){
if (application.clients.length > 10){
// Execute code to reject connection (too many users)
}else{
// Not too many users, accept the connection or execute other code
}
}

Now, FMS has no means of redirecting the client to another server, but you can
put that logic in the client side.

As for shared hosts, I've never used any of them, but Ive heard good things
about influxis (although the cost adds up fast if you want to handle more than
a few concurrent users)

Others:
mediatemple.com
akamai.com
moremx.com