Theater Server Maximum Potential Stream Count

• Microsoft NetShow Theater Server version 3.0

SUMMARY

NetShow Theater Server assumes a dedicated networking environment for the calculated maximum number of streams supported. This also assumes that there is no competing network traffic to reduce the available network resources. For example, the maximum number of possible streams per content server on a non-fault tolerant, NIC- limited Theater Server configuration is just under forty 2-Mbps streams on a full duplex 100-Mpbs network, and just under eighty 2-Mpbs streams on a OC-3 ATM network.

MORE INFORMATION

There are multiple variables that can effect the maximum stream count available from a Theater Server installation. In the example above, the system being used is only NIC limited, but is not limited by other possible factors such as content drive speed, SCSI bus performance, use of Theater Server Fault Tolerance, and bit rate of the MPEG media, (established during the installation of Theater Server).

Specific details on these other stream count limiting variables can be found in the online Theater Server documentation file NetShowTS.chm, located in the NetShow Theater\Docs\HTML\ directory of your NetShow Theater 3.0 media. Search on keywords such as "SCSI," "performance," "fault tolerance," and "bit rate."

The NetShow Theater Server Web site http://www.microsoft.com/theater/ also provides an online Capacity Planner that provides the ability to play out scenarios with the variance of most of these limiting variables.

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