From owner-freebsd-hackers Tue Oct 16 15:43: 2 2001 Delivered-To: freebsd-hackers@freebsd.org Received: from tomts20-srv.bellnexxia.net (tomts20.bellnexxia.net [209.226.175.74]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 3B11637B401; Tue, 16 Oct 2001 15:42:55 -0700 (PDT) Received: from xena.gsicomp.on.ca ([65.93.39.114]) by tomts20-srv.bellnexxia.net (InterMail vM.4.01.03.16 201-229-121-116-20010115) with ESMTP id <20011016224254.LZPX14703.tomts20-srv.bellnexxia.net@xena.gsicomp.on.ca>; Tue, 16 Oct 2001 18:42:54 -0400 Received: from hermes (hermes.gsicomp.on.ca [192.168.0.18]) by xena.gsicomp.on.ca (8.11.1/8.11.1) with SMTP id f9GMYfW18189; Tue, 16 Oct 2001 18:34:41 -0400 (EDT) (envelope-from matt@gsicomp.on.ca) Message-ID: <003f01c15694$1de6d460$1200a8c0@gsicomp.on.ca> From: "Matthew Emmerton" To: , Subject: Sizing a Streaming Media Server Date: Tue, 16 Oct 2001 18:44:28 -0400 MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Priority: 3 X-MSMail-Priority: Normal X-Mailer: Microsoft Outlook Express 5.50.4807.1700 X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V5.50.4807.1700 Sender: owner-freebsd-hackers@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk List-ID: List-Archive: (Web Archive) List-Help: (List Instructions) List-Subscribe: List-Unsubscribe: X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG Folks, I very interesting project just landed in my lap -- I need to setup a FreeBSD server to be a streaming media server for 1000+ clients using Nullsoft's Shoutcast. I have some experience with streaming media, so I know how to size the network side of the equation, but what I'm really at a loss for is how much processing power a server will need to do this effectively, and better yet, how to properly tune the FreeBSD machine to handle that many simultaneous clients. If anyone has any experience with this sort of thing, or has any advice, please contact me directly. Thanks, -- Matt Emmerton To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-hackers" in the body of the message