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Standard Edition vs. Enterprise Edition

Windows Media Services for Windows Server 2008
Enterprise Edition includes
• Multicast capability
• IGMPv3 support
• Caching and multi-tasking (play while archiving)
• Advanced FF/RW support

Evaluate 32 bit vs. 64 bit

Benefits:
Increase Performance
Increase Scalability
Consolidate to reduce costs

Backwards Compatibility with Windows Media

Services for Windows Server 2003
• Full compatibility with existing content and streams
• WMS for Windows Server 2008 requires Server 2008
• If upgrading an existing installation, modify registry
Planning for Multi-site Deployments
Required Network Capacity
= Content bit rate x estimated number of clients
Multicast Streaming
Increases the capacity of a stream
Enable Multiple Bit Rate to
improve the performance of low bandwidth clients
Use IPSec for secure transfer between sites
Specify Performance Settings
Network bottlenecks
• Expand network capacity
• Cache/Proxy and distribution servers
• Multicast
• Decrease stream resolution
Server bottlenecks
• Limit server connections
• Cache/Proxy and distribution servers
• Decrease stream resolution
• Employ server clustering

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