No, it’s not the latest B-rated horror film (although it should be). Rather it’s the name of the Chicago Tribune’s load testing program. This tool leverages AWS to spin up EC2 instances to bombard an application, similar to a denial of service (DOS) attack. Bees With Machine Guns was originally created to test the Tribune’s… Continue reading Load Testing the WebRTC Video Streaming Server
Tag: Autoscale
More Than Low Latency
Despite what we would have you believe, there’s more to life than low-latency. I mean, obviously, there’s scaling too. Perhaps you are streaming out a live concert to millions of fans, or broadcasting an international political summit to thousands of concerned citizens from all across the world. Do you think a single, scrawny little server… Continue reading More Than Low Latency
Red5 Pro – Let Freedom Stream
The Fourth of July is more than just a day in which Americans will launch 200 million pounds of fireworks and eat 150 million hot dogs, it’s a day where we celebrate the values that established our country. Among the founding principles, one primary theme ties them all together: freedom. As a Boston-based company, we… Continue reading Red5 Pro – Let Freedom Stream
Red5 Pro Release 3.0 – WebRTC Scaling
March is traditionally the month where people start breaking their New Year Resolutions. Not Red5 Pro. We’ve persevered to reach our goal of improving the performance of our WebRTC implementation. While some abandoned their treadmills, we slimmed down our CPU usage to make Red5 Pro more scalable. As home gyms (still unassembled) were hidden in… Continue reading Red5 Pro Release 3.0 – WebRTC Scaling
Red5 Pro Release 2.1.0 – Improved Autoscaling
The new year is all about self-improvement and looking forward. As such, our developers caught the spirit and churned out a new release for both server and mobile SDK. They improved the performance of our autoscale solution and load balancing stream manager, added Flash to HLS audio support (so you can video call your parents… Continue reading Red5 Pro Release 2.1.0 – Improved Autoscaling
What if my Live Streaming App Goes Viral?
It’s happening! Your incredible marketing campaign has caught the eye of millions. Everybody loves you! Liberals and conservatives, dog people and cat people, even geeks and nerds are liking and sharing your post on all different platforms. Trending across the far reaches of the internet, nothing can stop you now! Until … it happens. Server.… Continue reading What if my Live Streaming App Goes Viral?