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Originally Posted by Dave Flowerday
Sure, Servermatrix has servers with a 100mb pipe (we used ours to provide the IRI webcast), but as pointed out already, a large 3-day event would chew through more bytes than most plans offer. This is why NASA's help is so important (they provided the servers and bandwidth for Midwest and Boilermaker).
Server horsepower is not an issue. The server is simply replicating streams coming from the event site and redistributing them out to all the clients. That uses very little CPU power.
Having an internet connection at the site is a problem, but usually a solvable one since most facilities will have internet available. It's mainly a coordination problem with getting in touch with the right people to get access to it.
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So do you have any idea what is specifically needed (not neccessarily wanted) in terms of bandwidth?
My reference to Real was not meant as a slam on them, but an idea to see if there is any other technology available for evaluation besides the one we currently use. My thought is not to comment on the current system (on either it's pluses or minuses) but rather to understand the current system to see if there are any possible alternatives that may or may not been looked at. Through, I believe my probing will find there has been a tremendous amount of thought on this topic.
Additionally I want to know if there is any way to possibly adapt the current system to help make more of the regionals webcasted.