info about edge/origin

[neos76]

Hello everybody,

reading fms3 docs I found this:

Edge servers are a good solution for one-way video on demand (vod), one-way
live events, and one-way live 24x7 streams. Edge servers enhance security,
distribute the load of connection requests, and conserve bandwidth and system
resources for high-volume one-way streaming.

Now, I'm developing a videoconf app where a teacher can see some students but
each student can see just the teacher.

I would like to undestand why edge/origin solution is a good solution just for
ONE WAY live events and not also for two way apps like a videoconf app.

Thanks a lot
A.

[techeye]

I think for simplicity, and perhaps performance purposes, the one way live
event is recommend. Basically in a distributed edge/origin architecture there
is a point at which the streams are reconciled, in this case it would be the
origin hosting the application instance. If you have 30+ students and 1
teacher all publishing streams, that may or may not be a lot of work that the
origin is doing, versus just 1 teacher publishing. Adding a "tiered"
architecture can be a task if you are not ready to do the work. That said, two
way is possible... look at the Adobe Acrobat Connect application which uses
this tiered setup. Give it a try, just keep an eye on performance, because
ultimately it comes down to the end user experience.