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multiple cams viewed by multiple clients question
Hello all - my plan is too run multiple cameras from different sites viewed
by multiple clients. Site servers will be running Linux OS with Apache to take care of Logon/password and generation of user profiles(time connected, etc.). My question is: Is it easier to FTP all cameras to (1) server? Or run independent servers at each camera location? Benefit of first scenario is only one Server to maintain. Drawback is Bandwidth from multiple streams & clients. 2nd seems excessive as I'm duplicating funtion. Any Insight? |
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L.Coates wrote:
Hello all - my plan is too run multiple cameras from different sites viewed by multiple clients. Site servers will be running Linux OS with Apache to take care of Logon/password and generation of user profiles(time connected, etc.). My question is: Is it easier to FTP all cameras to (1) server? Or run independent servers at each camera location? Benefit of first scenario is only one Server to maintain. Drawback is Bandwidth from multiple streams & clients. 2nd seems excessive as I'm duplicating funtion. Any Insight? I would FTP to a single server. I would STREAM from individual servers. The end solution often depends on available bandwidth and usage. If you only have a modem dialup on a camera and ten people want to view it, you either have to do an ftp image with slow update or stream to a central server and rebroadcast for throughput. So questions needing answered might be: 1. Whats your budget? 2. Whats the usage per camera? 3. Do you really need streaming? 4. Remote control? If so, probably needs streaming. 5. Who's your customer and what do they need? It sounds like you already have a bit of a handle on available scenarios and YOU probably just need to sit down and think about it for a bit. -- .................................................. ........ NOTE: I have modified my reply-to address to avoid Unsolicited Commercial Email. To respond to me directly, please remove the dotUCE in the reply-to address. .................................................. ........ |
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