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Anonymous
July 10, 2010
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Setting up a voluntary CDN

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I and several friends have been looking into the possibility of setting a content deliverynetwork, using our personal computers/internet connections.  The idea would be to have several people (probably 10 or so to start, and eventually gaining more) with at least 50/50 reliable internet lines good system specifications that are strategically placed around the world and set up as servers, and to have the stream (at about 1300 bitrate through FME, and probably dynamic) viewers feed off these servers.  As we expect there to be little profit in this endeavor we can't afford to either host or subscribe to a real CDN, and this is one of the potential solutions. 
So, is such a plan viable?  If so, how many locations would we need, where would they have to be, and what are the pros/cons to doing this?

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    Anonymous
    July 10, 2010

    Technical concerns aside, I think you'll have trouble with FMS licensing with your idea.

    While the FMS EULA allows the use of a single installation of the dev edition for any purpose, it specifically prohibits using multiple installations to form a CDN. With that in mind, you're looking at $1000 per server (in the case of FMSS) or $4500 per server (in the case of FMIS). Given the number of licenses you'd be looking at, a paid CDN or dedicated server will likely prove to cost less.

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