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Videolan server5/20/2023 ![]() ![]() The next task was to upload a windows ISO so I could build my jumpbox. Download scientific diagram HD Video Streaming Demonstration (a) VLC server (b) VLC client from publication: Experimental demonstration of 10 gigabit. It was a bit painful using IPMI across the WAN but after 30 minutes I had ESXi up and running. In opening the IPMI Java client and attaching the ISO, when I rebooted I saw that it was a SuperMicro circa 2015. This would allow me to save the SSDs and setup a single node vSAN with 2 diskgroups. I was then ready to install an OS, ESXi of course. if it works, maybe I can shut those down! It took a grand total of *5 minutes* for it to be provisioned and available to me with a public IP address assigned. Heck, my power bill for the servers I have is more than this a month. I decided to order the server and give it a try, there are no contracts, everything is month to month. I visited the site a couple of times for 2 days and low and behold this same server with the additional storage option became available! Key is be patient (I think!). We will look at streaming archived files to an Icecast Server. In the screenshot above you can see that there is another option for storage, the 2 x 240GB SSDs + 4 x 2TB HDD’s, but it is unavailable. To stream audio or video to Icecast using VLC you need to first ensure you have the right. Probably the server is overloaded, down or. If is down for us too there is nothing you can do except waiting. We have tried pinging VideoLan website using our server and the website returned the above results. All of the servers that I have seen in this class have been dual 8core Xeon’s with 256GB RAM for $99 USD a month, which is just right for VCF with K8’s or VCF with a WLD… except the issue that I ran into was there was not enough storage, only 2 x 240GB SSDs. Times displayed are PT, Pacific Time (UTC/GMT 0) Current server time is 08:54. Here is a link that should get you to the order page and it will show you if there are any available. They seem somewhat hidden and I think they may be like “spot pricing”. If you log on to OVH’s site, you won’t necessarily find these servers. I’ll probably do another post on all the technical bits that I did when configuring the server and the network side if there is interest but for now I just want to cover the cost, specs and features that make this such a great value.
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