Flash Media Server 3 Is Here!
By: Stefan Richter
Adobe have today released Flash Media Server 3.
The server now ships in two editions, the Adobe Flash Media Streaming Server 3 (FMSS) is ideal if all you want to do is serve up live or on demand video while the Adobe Flash Media Interactive Server 3 (FMIS) gives you access to all features including video recording, server side Shared Objects and more.
FMSS retails at USD $995 while FMIS will set you back USD $4500.
Both editions now provide unlimited bandwidth and connections - thank goodness for that.
If you have pre-ordered the server then you should have received a download email this morning.
Everyone else can download the free 10 connection developer edition from the Adobe website once they update the download page today.
So is FMS3 really as performant as the marketing blurb would have you believe?
I think it may be, as a friend of mine who runs one of my video chat applications just tld me that he currently observing the following figures: 400 users logged on / 13mbit throughout / cpu 5%. Not bad!
