[Serusers] deference between rtpproxy and mediaproxy

sip sip at arcdiv.com
Mon Sep 11 13:44:26 CEST 2006


Sweet! Now all it needs is a decent interface of some sort to grab information, and it'd be golden. 

N.

On Mon, 11 Sep 2006 12:00:01 +0200, Greger V. Teigre wrote
> FYI: The newest version of rtpproxy can do load balancing...
> g-)
> 
> sip wrote:   I don't think that's entirely fair. We've seendeployments of rtpproxy with several thousand streams (compared to afew dozen on mediaproxy). The biggest problem, of course, becomes thatthen you're into the gigabits of bandwidth realm.... which gets pricey. 
> 
> The biggest differences between mediaproxy and rtpproxy: 
> 
> mediaproxy: 
> -written in python 
> -uses DNS srv records to allow you to distribute the load onto multupleservers regionally, geographically, etc. 
> -has a nifty web interface to let you look at statistics of the server(ongoing streams, etc). 
> -can't handle a WHOLE lot of streams per box 
> 
> rtpproxy: 
> -written in C 
> -doesn't handle distribution of load (for this, you'd need to do sometricks with load balancing on your own -- local, or geographical loadbalancing. Not easy, but possible). 
> -doesn't have any sort of useful interface to gather information aboutthe server and what it's doing 
> -handles a LOT of streams on a decently-powered box 
> 
> There are limits to both, of course. You're best off limiting thenumber of users who require the use of mediaproxy or rtpproxy with someeffective coding and standards (in reality, the ONLY people who shouldbe using it are people who are connecting via a symmetric NAT) to avoidbottlenecks. 
> 
> Like ANY thing else in the massive deployment world, there is always abottleneck in any SIP scenario, but also like any other massivedeployment, you need to analyse your particular environment and decidewhat works best for you to minimise the bottlenecks using good networkdesign, not just good software. 
> 
> N. 
>  
> 
> On Sun, 10 Sep 2006 18:26:57 -0400, Script Head wrote 
> > Mediaproxy is more mature but rtpproxy can handle greater load.IMHO both aren't truly fit for the job and consume too much CPU to beuseful on large scale. 
> > 
> > On 9/10/06, vijay tiwari <vijay11tiwari at yahoo.com>wrote: 
> > 
> > hi 
> >   
> >   
> > what is the deference between rtpporxy and mediaproxy 
> >   
> >   
> > with regards 
> >  
> >   
> > 
> > VijayTiwari 
> > NetworkAdmin 
> > SachitelCommunications 
> > Noida(U.P.) 
> > M-09871633711 
> >  
> > 
-----------------------------------------------------------------------
Do you Yahoo!? 
> > Get on board. You'reinvited to try the new Yahoo! Mail. 
> >  
> > _______________________________________________ 
> > Serusers mailing list 
> > Serusers at lists.iptel.org  
> > http://lists.iptel.org/mailman/listinfo/serusers 
> > 
> >  
> 
>   
-----------------------------------------------------------------------
_______________________________________________Serusers mailing listSerusers at lists.iptel.orghttp://lists.iptel.org/mailman/listinfo/serusers


-------------- next part --------------
An HTML attachment was scrubbed...
URL: <http://lists.sip-router.org/pipermail/sr-users/attachments/20060911/05c8f04a/attachment.htm>


More information about the sr-users mailing list