<p dir="ltr">Those speed tests are best case scenario - one big old file where the only overhead would be tcp syn/acks.</p>
<p dir="ltr">5000 x syn/acks and handshakes everytime a client connects would quite a lot of overhead I imagine.</p>
<p dir="ltr">Note that this is an educated guess - I don't run /anything/ on the scale of 5000 users lol</p>
<br><br>---- Jordan Erickson wrote ----<br><br>Hi Frederick,<br><br>Wouldn't overhead (at least partly) already be factored in with the<br>speed test data/results? Obviously not 100% comparable to audio<br>streaming, but..<br><br><br>Cheers,<br>Jordan<br><br>On 10/21/18 9:10 AM, Fred Gleason wrote:<br>> On Oct 21, 2018, at 12:05, Jordan Erickson <<a href="mailto:jordan@coolmic.net">jordan@coolmic.net</a><br>> <mailto:<a href="mailto:jordan@coolmic.net">jordan@coolmic.net</a>>> wrote:<br>> <br>>> <a href="tel:283000">283000</a>/5000=56.6<br>>><br>>> So with ~283Mb/s upstream, if you wanted 5,000 listener capacity your<br>>> streams would have to have a bitrate of 56.6kb/s or lower.<br>> <br>> Speaking conservatively, I would de-rate that number by 50%, or in other<br>> words:<br>> <br>> 0.5*283000/5000=28.3 kb/sec.<br>> <br>> This to account for various overheads (TCP/IP packet framing and<br>> negotiation, data bursting at stream startup, administrative interface<br>> traffic, etc. It all adds up.<br>> <br>> Cheers!<br>> <br>> <br>> |----------------------------------------------------------------------|<br>> | Frederick F. Gleason, Jr. | Chief Developer |<br>> | | Paravel Systems |<br>> |----------------------------------------------------------------------|<br>> | A room without books is like a body without a soul. |<br>> | -- Cicero |<br>> |----------------------------------------------------------------------|<br>> <br>> _______________________________________________<br>> Icecast mailing list<br>> <a href="mailto:Icecast@xiph.org">Icecast@xiph.org</a><br>> <a href="http://lists.xiph.org/mailman/listinfo/icecast">http://lists.xiph.org/mailman/listinfo/icecast</a><br>> <br>_______________________________________________<br>Icecast mailing list<br><a href="mailto:Icecast@xiph.org">Icecast@xiph.org</a><br><a href="http://lists.xiph.org/mailman/listinfo/icecast">http://lists.xiph.org/mailman/listinfo/icecast</a><br>