G'day Richard and All
With the increase in computer capacity, I generally find there are 2 practical limitations these days to "how many streams can you view, etc". The first one is obviously "Network", the more streams the more bandwidth required. Obviously there are High Def streams and all that as well, but if you have access to fast, high capacity networks, this isn't as big of an issue. The other limitation is what I like to call "desktop real-estate". How many streams can you actually fit up on the screen... If you are using a single monitor, then I would say you would be limited when compared to using multiple (3 or more) display screens. I have been fortunate enough to have participated in a SC Global session where at one stage I counted 72 different AG nodes (given some were transmitting multiple streams, I would say the number was over 100 different video streams) coming from 17 different countries. It should also be noted that this was back at least 3 or more years ago... So hopefully, this gives you an idea of the AG's capability. Also, I think a scalability test would also be good to "stress test" sites and connections. Cheers, Jason. From: Thomas Uram [mailto:[email protected]] Sent: Wednesday, 2 September 2009 02:37 AM To: Horwitz, Richard S Cc: [email protected] Subject: Re: [AG-TECH] Is there a maximum number of nodes or streams that AGcan support? There is only the practical limitation of the number of streams your network can handle, your machine can decode, and your display can accommodate. We've had successful meetings with over 30 video streams. Anyone for an interactive scalability test? Tom On Sep 1, 2009, at 11:27 AM, Horwitz, Richard S wrote: Is there a maximum number of nodes or streams that AG can support? Richard Horwitz Brookhaven National Laboratory [email protected]<mailto:[email protected]> (631)344-4134
