Datavideo DVS-200 Installation Guide
DVS-100/200 Installation Guide
DVS-100/200 can be installed on any system running the Ubuntu 14.04 64 bit Linux operating
system, the guide below covers some common installation scenarios.
The installation procedure for DVS-100 and DVS-200 is the same. Once installed the software will be
running in free mode (DVS-100) you must install a valid licence to enable DVS-200 features.
Contents
System resource recommendations ................................................................................................... 2
On-Premise Installations ................................................................................................................ 2
Cloud hosting installations ............................................................................................................. 2
Hosting Examples ...................................................................................................................... 2
Installation Walkthroughs.................................................................................................................. 3
Digital Ocean ................................................................................................................................. 3
Installation on Amazon AWS Cloud .............................................................................................. 10
Generic Installation Instructions (All Providers) ............................................................................... 16
Automated Script ........................................................................................................................ 16
Manual installation (Advanced Users) .......................................................................................... 16
Prerequisites............................................................................................................................ 16
Packages .................................................................................................................................. 16
System resource recommendations
Network Speed
Viewers (Per Instance)
10 Mbps
8
100 Mbps
80
1000 Mbps
800
Hosting Plan
Viewers (Per Instance)
$5 USD PM
50
$10 USD PM
150
Hosting Plan
Viewers (Per Instance)
M1.small
120
M1.medium
285
m1.xlarge
570
The guide below makes some recommendations on system specifications, please use these as
guidelines only. We assume one 1Mbps video stream with 96Kbps audio, the max viewer count is
per instance (per server).
On-Premise Installations
8GB of RAM and a SSD (Solid state drive) is recommended for larger audiences, approximate
network limitations are as below.
Add more instances or additional network interfaces as audience size increases
For encoding / transcoding HD video we recommend a 4 core 7th generation i7 CPU and 8GB ram at
minimum.
Cloud hosting installations
Hosting Examples
Digital Ocean
Digital Ocean is ideal for scenarios with low viewer counts.
All Digital Ocean instances share a 1Gbps connection to the internet, Digital Ocean recommend
consistently not exceeding 300Mbps I/O.
Add more instances as audience size increases
Amazon AWS
Add more instances as audience size increases
Hosting Plan
Viewers (Per Instance)
Managed Dedicated I
800
Massive Grid
Massive grid offer affordable dedicated servers with dedicated 1Gbps connectivity.
Add more instances as audience size increases
Installation Walkthroughs
Digital Ocean
Visit www.digitalocean.com and sign up for a new account
Once you have created your account click the ‘Create Droplet’ button
You will see the page below.
First give your Droplet a hostname, here I have chosen DVSS.
Next choose a size, the size required depends on how many users you need to serve. Use the guide
at the begging of this document to help with selection.
Next select the region closest to you for best performance.
Finally you need to select an image, please choose Ubuntu 14.04 x64.
Ignore the ‘Available Settings’ and ‘Add SSH Keys (optional)’ sections and create the droplet.
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