Large Scale Deployment Guide and LiveStreamCast for Flash Media Server now Available!
Today we released a new deployment guide for large scale installations of Flash Media Interactive Server for video streaming (live or onDemand). This guide is perfect if you are a CDN or building a video delivery infrastructure (eCDN) within your company (large or small!).
This new guide will step you through your FMS deployment options including
- Edge caching
- Using the C++ plugins
- Hardware Considerations including CPU, RAM, Networking
- Capacity Planning and options to increase scale
- Understanding how to Cluster
- Supporting Multiple tenants
- Access Control and Authentication
- Server Monitoring - including 3rd party monitoring systems
- Storage Options
- Cache management
- Live and VOD optimizations
- Full Details on clustering with LiveStreamCast 1.0
- Managing Content Protection features including RTMPe, Tunneling and SWF Verification
- Complete Troubleshooting guide including how to contact Adobe
- Full list of community resources
- And a Glossary
- Future sections will be added to include deploying Dynamic Streaming and DVR (expect that later this summer)
We also have a new full 2-day hands on training course on Large Scale Deployment. You can read the course outline here. Check for Classes here (select Category: "Adobe Video")
Today, We have also released a new free sample application called LiveStreamCast 1.0 - providing you with the foundation to deliver a live streams across a cluster of Flash Media Servers - simulating the technology found in the Edge server configuration.