Flexible and extensible, Wowza Streaming Engine™ server software fits with nearly any streaming architecture and allows you to seamlessly scale from simple to more robust deployments as your streaming needs—and audiences—evolve and grow.
With Wowza Streaming Engine You Choose How to Deploy
On Premises
Run Wowza Streaming Engine on one or more servers at your physical location, on your hardware, and across your Internet connection.
Operating Systems:
Linux (including silent install from Red Hat)
Windows
Mac OS
Applications:
Bare metal
Virtual machines
Private clouds
Using containers
Partner with a platform-as-a-service provider to quickly spin up prebuilt machine images for high-quality delivery over reliable, robust infrastructure.
The number of Wowza Streaming Engine™ server instances you need depends on many factors, including how many live stream inputs or concurrent viewers you expect, whether viewers access the videos on a LAN or a public network, as well as network and hardware performance. Here are some examples to give you a general idea of what you should plan for. This information is also available in PDF. (Please note: No commitment is made regarding requirements or performance. Your requirements and results may vary.)
On-Premises Scenarios
Run Wowza Streaming Engine on one or more servers at your physical location, on your hardware, across your Internet connection. Simply pay for each active instance and run multiple Wowza instances on multiple servers using a single subscription license key.
Few Inputs, Few Viewers
Wowza Streaming Engine Instances Required: 1 Purchase one Basic Monthly Subscription, and install as many instances as you need. Choose Basic Annual for greater savings.
Up to 100 inputs without transcoding and limited recording (VOD usage requires additional hardware)
Up to 2 transcoded inputs
Please contact us with questions about additional features (VOD, CDN delivery, etc.)
Approx. Reach: LAN (Estimated # of concurrent viewers)
Up to 800 viewers in one location, or LAN segment depending on network infrastructure. Example:
Up to 800 in a head office with 1 Gbps
Up to 400 in a regional office with 500 Mbps
Up to 80 in a small office with 100 Mbps
Approx. Reach: Public Network (Estimated # of concurrent viewers)
Up to 800 viewers for each 1 Gbps*
Up to 80 concurrent viewers at 100 Mbps
Up to 8 concurrent viewers at 10 Mbps
Add more instances as audience size increases
Additional Requirements and Information
Video on demand (VOD): no limit on the number of files (although your VOD output will be limited by storage performance)
Use Cases
Small enterprise, internal broadcasting, large church with single live input, community-college sports, single-instructor fitness company, etc.
Notes
* Systems must be placed in major Internet data centers with 10 Gbps uplink or more (when each stream is compressed to less than 1 Mbps)
Lots of Inputs, More Viewers
Wowza Streaming Engine Instances Required: 10-15 Purchase one Basic Monthly Subscription, and install as many instances as you need. Choose Basic Annual for greater savings.
10 instances provide 70–105 transcoded SD (non-HD) inputs from IP cameras
Please contact us with questions about additional features (VOD, CDN delivery, etc.)
Approx. Reach: LAN (Estimated # of concurrent viewers)
10–100 viewers with unicast
Approx. Reach: Public Network (Estimated # of concurrent viewers)
Up to 1,000 viewers nationwide
Up to 5 dedicated high-bitrate links for broadcast
Additional Requirements and Information
For multiple instances, you will need to deploy a load-balancing solution
Use Cases
Security cameras, traffic cameras, ski racing, weather cameras, etc.
One Input, Lots of Viewers
Wowza Streaming Engine Instances Required: 2-5 Purchase one Basic Monthly Subscription, and install as many instances as you need. Choose Basic Annual for greater savings.
>Please contact us with questions about additional features (VOD, CDN delivery, etc.)
Approx. Reach: LAN (Estimated # of concurrent viewers)
Up to 15,000 viewers
Approx. Reach (# of concurrent viewers on public network)
Up to 15,000 viewers nationwide (Each system must have five 1 Gbps network connections)
Add more instances as audience size increases
Additional Requirements and Information
Maximum of 10,000 concurrent connections per instance
Maximum of 5 Gbps output per instance
Video on demand (VOD): no limit on number of files (although your VOD output will be limited by storage performance)
For multiple instances, you will need to deploy a load-balancing solution
Use Cases
Keynote speaker, small concert, large church, regional-college sports, etc.
Notes
† Input recorded to local hard drive for later playback. Need multiple bonded uplink connections for extra bandwidth and reliability.
Lots of Inputs, Lots of Viewers
Wowza Streaming Engine Instances Required: 15-25 Purchase one Basic Monthly Subscription, and install as many instances as you need. Choose Basic Annual for greater savings.
Please contact us with questions about additional features (recording, CDNs, etc.)
Approx. Reach: LAN (Estimated # of concurrent viewers)
Typically 10 internal viewers for Q/A monitoring
Approx. Reach: Public Network (Estimated # of concurrent viewers)
Reach up to 50,000 viewers nationwide‡
Add more instances as audience size increases
Additional Requirements and Information
Max. of 5 Gbps output per instance
Max. of 10,000 concurrent connections per instance
Live streams can be recorded for playback
For multiple instances, you will need to deploy a load-balancing solution
Use Cases
Over-the-top TV, single-country OTT live TV, etc.
Notes
‡ Recommended five 1 Gbps connections per instance. Use the system OS for bonding.
Other Scenarios
Special Requirements?
Do you need:
Support for industry-standard IP multicast traffic
Server-side recording
International distribution
Connections with CDNs
VOD
nDVR
DRM
More?
Cloud Scenarios
Deploying Wowza™ software in the cloud means streaming your content from high-performance virtual machines hosted remotely by a third-party provider. Wowza Streaming Engine works with virtually all cloud-hosting services.
Few Inputs, Few Viewers
Cloud-Hosted Server Instance Purchase directly from Amazon Marketplace
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