FMS Origin and Edge license questions

Question

Hello!

We want to start audio/video-service transferring live stream
(cam-2-cam, video/audio/text chat) for an acquaintance site basis
on Flash Media Server technology. For uninterrupted work of this
service we have calculated that it is necessary to introduce the
server scheme consisting of 1 Origin and 2 Edge servers. The number
of simultaneous user connections is about 1000. The users have the
bandwidth at least 256/256 Kbit per second (download/upload).

Our questions:
1. Is our calculations true?
2. What requirements are necessary to bandwidth to each
server in this case?
3. What is the price of license in this case?
4. How and where it is possible to get Flash Media Server in
territory of Russia or it probably to carry out through head
office?

Thank you!

Anonymous · Answer

Assuming video is being broadcast at 256kbps, each 2 way video chat will consume about 1mbps of bandwidth (2 publishers 2 subscribers). With 1000 users, you're talking about 500mbps of throughput.

When I last read about it, the Origin license was somewhere around $50,000, but I didn't get that number straight from Adobe, so don't take my word as absolute fact.

If I were planning this project, I might opt to go with 7 professional licenses (1050 connections) instead of an origin and an edge. My reasoning is this... you can spread the load across more servers without having to buy additional licenses, and since the streams are unique and not viewed by a large audience, you don't need the stream caching feaures of the origin/edge license.

About sales in Russia, I don't know about that. You might want to contact Adobe directly.

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