NRTServers Posted December 17, 2007 Share Posted December 17, 2007 Well...here I am...lol...last night we did our first race broadcast to the masses. Am am I glad it wasn't my stuff doing it. but on the 27th it is. we had 2700 people trying to view the broadcast. the company that did do it was overwhelmed and the stream could not keep up lesson learned. at one point they were pulling 125GB. where would or could I rent a streaming media server with that kind of band width for 3 hours so our broadcast goes without a hitch? I would like to try and find some-one and then load balance it to one or two of mine for the show. The broadcast was there but was choppy and laggy...this took all of us by surprise. Ideas and suggestions... Dave Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ECF Posted December 17, 2007 Share Posted December 17, 2007 The only company I am aware of is http://www.egihosting.com Either that or get a server with unlimited bandwidth and a Gigabyte network card. It will be expensive though. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HIS-MOTHER Posted December 17, 2007 Share Posted December 17, 2007 Yeah I think FDC has gigabit umetered for around 450.00 a month. found a link doh!! http://fdcservers.net/Services/DedicatedServers/GIGABITUnmeteredservers Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jbiloh Posted December 18, 2007 Share Posted December 18, 2007 Problem is you will never get close to the port-speed rating. What providers do is hook up TONS of machines to a 1000Mbit port, so all of the machines are sharing the bandwidth. Read carefully, they all say this somewhere on their websites. If other users connected to the same link need bandwidth, expect your stream to take a "crap." (This will happen) Spend the dollars to do it right. If you figure out how much bandwidth you were using exactly, I can point you in the right direction. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ECF Posted December 18, 2007 Share Posted December 18, 2007 You need a dedicated pipe, not shared as Jon stated above. Your situation is a little bit unique as you will not be pulling bandwidth for the entire month, rather only when you are broadcasting. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HIS-MOTHER Posted December 18, 2007 Share Posted December 18, 2007 I have a buddy who runs a site. Just got added to the AA Downloads list and he pushed over 400Mbit steady for around 12 hours on a FDC box. Shared pipe or not it will defineatley hold the load for what your doing unless your looking to tap the whole GigE. 502 Downloads in one day. http://www.servercommand.org/downloads.php?do=file&id=168 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jbiloh Posted December 18, 2007 Share Posted December 18, 2007 I have a buddy who runs a site. Just got added to the AA Downloads list and he pushed over 400Mbit steady for around 12 hours on a FDC box. Shared pipe or not it will defineatley hold the load for what your doing unless your looking to tap the whole GigE. 502 Downloads in one day. http://www.servercommand.org/downloads.php?do=file&id=168 That is a VERY unique situation. While I'm glad your friend has had good luck, he is the exception, not the rule. If you're doing anything for-profit (business) you NEED to stay away from FDC. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
adamnp Posted December 18, 2007 Share Posted December 18, 2007 While I can't say that FDC is junk, or that you "should stay away" , but I can definately concurr with what Jon is saying. We had a streaming box with unlimited bandwidth in Chicago from redhotservers (sitting on steadfast), and it did fine for the most part but when we needed her to shine she was off feeding the pigs......Definately great for lowlevel shit, but things you want to go off nice and silky smooth your going to have to pay....and by golly, it costs a crapload! I'm not familar with what you used to stream it, but is there anyway for you to setup a hub and leafs? -Adam Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HIS-MOTHER Posted December 18, 2007 Share Posted December 18, 2007 I would tend to disagree with you Jon. Although I would never place a gameserver on there pipe they do have decent prices for say file and webhosting. A PROFIT business for some. The SC site is in a DC in Michigan and the FDC box is a file mirror. I help manage that site for my friend and I have not once seen the network go down or have issues. Actually the only issues I ever saw were hardware and more related to the box specs not being able to handle the calls to it, but the pipe never failed. Now I have never seen there networks but I have been in quite a few DC's Equinix,LGN,Gigenet,Steadfast's cages,Calpop LA etc.. and theres really noone who pulls a dedicated GigE to someones box unlesss you pay out the nose. Multiple GigE's run through a F5 component to loadbalance I see alot of but never a dedicated run. So almost all is technically shared in some way or another. The OP was looking for solutions to a issue he was having on a streaming site and IMHO the offers FDC has would fit his needs( Short term sustained high burstabillity). Now you want umetered Dedicated pipe? Multiply there price by say 6. Even Cogent is pricey if you consume enough of it. BTW.. The file server at FDC is one of there 90.00 a month VPS's. LOL Definately SHARED PIPE and it pushed that speed for 12 hours. I'm curious. You seem to not like FDC. You have some experiences with them you care to share? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NRTServers Posted December 18, 2007 Author Share Posted December 18, 2007 All is good...we have use of a media server farm...all with 1GB ports...1 master server then load balances to 15 other in the rack 200 clients at a time...and it is on a dedicated pipe. Thanks for all the help Dave Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jbiloh Posted December 18, 2007 Share Posted December 18, 2007 I like sleeping at night, and perhaps I'm just old school, still believing "you get what you pay for." That's what I have against FDC Just like the other 1000 people over at WHT. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HIS-MOTHER Posted December 18, 2007 Share Posted December 18, 2007 Just like the other 1000 people over at WHT. Thats 0.6% of there user base. Hardly a concern of mine. Besides I sleep at night just fine, when I sleep. I don't have anything in FDC but I see no issues with them either. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HGN-Daniel Posted December 19, 2007 Share Posted December 19, 2007 Of course FDC will never be able to compete with the other providers in terms of performance. But if you think about it, FDC is probably the best provider out there if you want value. I don't think there is any other provider that will let you push 20mbit constantly for $160 without screwing you with overages. If you have a mission critical site you probably won't go with FDC, but if you just need a box with plenty of bandwidth to screw around on then FDC is perfect. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Daersun Posted December 19, 2007 Share Posted December 19, 2007 I dont do any business with anyone unless I see how they are turning a profit, I dont want my business interrupted with a non sustainable company. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jdubz31 Posted December 28, 2007 Share Posted December 28, 2007 I'd suggest you contact someone who specializes in streaming large events. They'll likely be better equipped, and it would most likely be cheaper in the long run. The two that come to mind are: Dennis Nugent - totalstream.net Randy- Fast-serv.com Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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