Like WeChat and Weibo, Tiaoyin can attract users like other websites. What attracts users is not the content of Tiaoyin, but the magic weapon that video applications can best capture the market traffic today. According to the survey of China Mobile Internet Database, in the first half of 2018, the number of active users of dithering grew fastest, and live video software such as Tiger Teeth Live, Volcano Video, Watermelon Video, and Fasthand also showed eye-catching performance. With the increasing demand for leisure and entertainment, video service applications will have greater market potential in the future.
This phenomenon is closely related to the growth trend of IDC industry's demand for video server rental business. How big is the demand for small video servers? Many people have consulted to build their own small videos, short video apps, video conferencing, live games, online education and other video on demand platforms, which have caught up with the financial industry. In addition, video websites, live broadcast platforms and short video apps need to be installed on servers. Video servers or streaming media servers are dedicated to these applications. Compared with ordinary servers, video servers are mainly composed of storage devices, cache and control management units, and many special software and hardware devices are added to handle the compression, storage and transmission of media data. So what are the requirements for the server needed by an individual webmaster to build a short video station Micronet believes that there are three points to consider:
What is the bandwidth requirement of small video servers? We can see a set of data: usually an online audience needs about 300k~400k bandwidth to watch HD (480P) video smoothly. Because the bandwidth that the server needs to load is calculated based on the maximum concurrent traffic it can carry, we assume that the number of people who are online at the same time is about 10, and then a bandwidth of about 3M can ensure that these 10 people can play the video completely and smoothly. Bandwidth based conversion method: 128 k traffic requires 1 M of network bandwidth. At this time, the bandwidth requirement should be at least 20 M.
The most important thing for video websites is bandwidth. The larger the bandwidth, the greater the carrying capacity, the smoother the website will run, and the better the user experience will be. However, there is a problem. The cost of bandwidth is very high. 10 M and 20 M may be affordable. In addition to the additional costs, cost control is very problematic. How to solve this problem? The answer to this question is to do CDN acceleration, which is the key technology to improve streaming media services. The distributed content is sent to the CDN node network in advance, and the user's request is automatically guided to the node server closest to the user according to the network status and node load, thus solving the network congestion problem and improving the user's access speed. This has two benefits, one is to save costs, the other is that the network is more stable, greatly improving the user experience.
How much does it cost to deploy a short video app server? For In addition to the hardware cost of the server, the bandwidth problem mentioned earlier can be solved by deploying a video server. Is there much money to spend? In addition, the video server is also required to perform audio and video storage management, audio and video transcoding processing, audio and video acceleration playback, and specific problems, such as filters, stickers, and audio effects, need special processing. I had a look at a basic server, which has recording, import, stickers, MV, subtitles and other functions. The price on Alibaba Cloud's official website is 160000 yuan, which does not include bandwidth and CDN acceleration fees! Also bought a storage server specifically? There must be a set of security measures to prevent network attacks, right? How much does this suit cost? Don't be afraid, don't be afraid. I just want to become an online celebrity in the short video industry, but you told me to make a big deal. It seems that what will happen to the twitter app next time?
Of course, there are some ways to save money. Even so, the province is still unable to extricate itself. When we select a short video app in advance, we assume that our user base is small in the early stage. In this way, we can select a slightly lower server. When the number of users comes up in the later stage of promotion, we can redeploy.
What should I do if the server cannot support the rapid increase of traffic in the later period?
Traffic surges. Worried that the server can't support it? God, why should we worry about this? Isn't it super happiness? Congratulations, it's getting hot! The next phenomenal video application may be you! But seriously, this problem is also very good. Because the specific number of visitors was not determined before, or the promotion has not yet started, the number of visitors is not very large. We choose a low configuration server. Later, when the number of visitors increases, various low configuration server problems will occur. At this point, we need to increase the number of servers and update the system configuration. When your business volume reaches a certain level, the service provider has corresponding solutions.
Therefore, if you need to do small video, short video, and server configuration, you must find industry IDC experts to come up with solutions. You must have long-term small video, short video app server solutions, not just now. For small video and short video app solutions, please consult our Micronet. I believe we will give you a satisfactory answer.
The above points are the server configuration required for a short video station analyzed by Micronet I believe you also have a better understanding of the server required for short videos , if you still don't know anything, please contact us. If you have more questions about virtual hosting, please consult Micronet. Micronet is an IDC service provider focusing on server rental and hosting. With more than 10 years of industry experience, it is safe, stable, reliable and reassuring. It is a leading enterprise in the domestic IDC industry. It helps thousands of enterprises to achieve network informatization, 7 * 24 hours of manual service, after-sales care free, and has a good reputation.
