Recommended Amazon EC2 Instance type

[sangsoo]

Hello
I am testing WCS on Amazon EC2.
https://aws.amazon.com/marketplace/pp/B01D1L5EAK

Configured with CDN2.2, the current instance is c4.large. ~ By default.
Recommend the appropriate EC2 Instance Type for your server purpose.
1. origin
2. edge
3. transcoding
4. transcoding + GPU
5. transcoding + mixing

If I change the EC2 type, will Simply License be charged to the new (added) server?
ex1. from c4.large to c5.4xlarge
ex2. from c4.large to m4.4xlarge

How can I avoid duplicate billing when replacing a server?

Please answer me. Thanks
Best regards.

 

[Max]

Good day.

Recommend the appropriate EC2 Instance Type for your server purpose.

It is difficult to determine required configuration for server of different roles (origin, edge or transcoding). It depends on many parameters (number of subscribers, transcoding, technologies used for broadcasting, stream parameters, etc.). In addition, using virtual instances, it is not always possible to predict server load.

We recommend in your case:
1. Get information on load and resources of the WCS server statistics:

http://<your WCS domain name or IP-address>:8081/?action=stat

Are you interested in:

----- Port Stats -----
----- Core Stats -----
----- System Stats -----

2. After load rating, you can choose a suitable server (AWS Instance) and perform load testing.
3. Try using AWS load balancer with auto scale. Details in the documentation.

If I change the EC2 type, will Simply License be charged to the new (added) server?
ex1. from c4.large to c5.4xlarge
ex2. from c4.large to m4.4xlarge
How can I avoid duplicate billing when replacing a server?

WCS server participates in the billing if server process is running and license is activated. To avoid billing duplication, do not use the servers at the same time in an 1-hour interval within a month. More details in the documentation.

 

[sangsoo]

Thanks your reply.

1. I will be interested in 'action=stat(port, core, system)' + AWS load balancer.
2. If so, I'd like to upgrade the EC2 instances for Edge as shown below.
-> First, deactivate the edge (A) server license
-> Replace (upgrade) the EC2 Instance Type of Edge (A) (C4 >> C5)
-> Start the replaced Edge (A) server after at least 1 hour
-> Activate Edge (A) Server License
-> Upgrade successful

Is that right?
Best regards.

 

[Max]

2. If so, I'd like to upgrade the EC2 instances for Edge as shown below.

Yes, that's right.

-> Start the replaced Edge (A) server after at least 1 hour

This is a prerequisite, if it is less than 1 hour - duplicate will be billed.
We will change billing in Amazon in the near future (~ 2 week) . Invoice will be billed for the time, where WCS used.