Flash Media Server on Clustered Servers

Hello to all,
i am new to the Flash world and am trying to figure out if
Flash Media Server Pro can be installed in a clustered server
environment (active/passive). specifically:
1 - can it be set up so that when the primary server fails,
the secondary server will take over any incoming requests?
2 - can this be done at the "Pro" license level?
3 - are two seperate licenses required for this, or is this
usage (since it is any active/passive cluster) covered under a
single license?
the items i found on the site are very specific to setting up
Edge/Origin servers - but we are not looking at getting dedicated
servers for this. we want to use our clustered web site servers.
with thanks for any help provided
rica

Since we're talking about a multiuser app (the chat),
failover becomes a litte more complicated. In this case, we need to
make sure that, as clients connect to the app, the are routed to
the appropraite server. Think about this scenario:
Users A and B enter a chat. During the chat, the primary
server goes down, so clients A and B are moved to the backup
server. A few minutes later, the primary server comes back on line.
After that, client C connects to the chat. Since the primary server
is up, client C connects to that one, but clients A and B are still
on the backup server.
So, we need a means of making sure there is only one instance
of any given chat "room" at any time, and we need to somehow make
sure inbound clients are routed to the appropraite server.
What I like to do in situations like this is buid two
applications. The first application is a "gatekeeper", which
monitors all of the FMS servers in the cluster, and mantiains a
list of active rooms (and their locations). When a client connects,
they first connect to the gatekeeper, which informs the client of
which server their chat room is running on. The client then
disconnects from the gatekeeper, and connects to the chat room.
Along with handling faliover, using an approach like this can
also facilitate load balancing. By monitoring license capacity, the
gatekeeper app can programatically assign chat rooms to servers
based on the number of active connections on each FMS.

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A client needs a Flash streaming software to best serve the following:
750 Mb/s Internet bandwidth
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> 750 Mb/s Internet bandwidth
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> Average 7 minutes video length
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Average 1,100 video requests
Assuming the server has adequate hardware and network resources, 1100 concurrent streams is realistic.
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>99,9% SLA
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Thank you zarihs Rawna
Indeed, i have been with Server-Side ActionScript (SSAS) way. it's more simple, i think.
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4) Which of the different flavors of Flash Server are best?
-- FOR STRAIGHT VIDEO STREAMING USE Flash Media Streaming Server. THE PRICE POINT IS LOWER THAN Flash Media Interactive Server (aka FMIS. FMIS IS ONLY NEEDED FOR INTERACTIVE APPLICATIONS, E.G. MULTIUSER, CHAT, ETC.)
-- COMPARE EDITIONS PAGE HERE:
http://www.adobe.com/products/flashmediaserver/compare/
2) ... does it have to run on a Windows or Linux box?
-- YES. FMS IS A SERVICE THAT RUNS ON AN OS. WINDOWS AND RED HAT LINUX ARE SUPPORT. FULL REQUIREMENTS HERE:
http://www.adobe.com/products/flashmediastreaming/systemreqs/
3) Does it need its own dedicated machine? Can you run a virtual server with Flash Server?
-- DEDICATED MACHINE *NOT* REQUIRED.
-- HOSTED SOLUTIONS ARE AVAILABLE TOO. HOSTED SOLUTIONS MAY OFFER: A) BETTER QUALITY; B) LOWER TOTAL COST OF OWNERSHIP; C) QUICKER START TO LAUNCH.
-- SEE LIST OF HOSTING PARTNERS, AKA CDNs (Content Delivery Networks) HERE:
http://www.adobe.com/products/flashmediaserver/fvss/
1) I don't know Cold Fusion. Will I have to rewrite all my scripts for that? Can Flash Media Server run PHP?
-- COLDFUSION NOT REQUIRED. EITHER PHP OR COLDFUSION CAN BE USED TO MANAGE METADATA (INCLUDING SQL DATABASE INTERACTION).
-- PHP AND COLDFUSION HANDLE ALL HTTP REQUESTS AND RETURN DYNAMICALLY GENERATED PAGES TO THE USERS' BROWSERS.
-- FLASH MEDIA SERVER HANDLES ALL RTMP REQUESTS. DYNAMICALLY GENERATED PAGES FROM PHP WILL INCLUDE THE RTMP URLs THAT THE FLASH/FLEX SWFs USE IN THE BROWSER TO REQUEST THE RTMP STREAMS FROM THE FLASH MEDIA SERVERS.
hth,
g

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Ed Chan wrote:
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Forgive me as I'm still wrapping my head around FMS.
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