LiveSwitch 1.0.5 Now Available for Download

LiveSwitch Inc. Jan 1, 2019 11:38:00 AM

With a new year comes new releases of LiveSwitch Server. LiveSwitch 1.0.5 is now available for download.

In the latest version of LiveSwitch, we've beefed up the SFU and MCU clustering and scaling algorithms. As with most SFU/MCU products, the number of peers that could previously join a single LiveSwitch conference were limited to what a single Media Server could process. More specifically, a broadcast was previously limited to the power and resources available on one server. In version 1.0.5, LiveSwitch now monitors resources available on all active Media Servers, identifies potential throughput limits being hit, and assigns additional servers to distribute the load, allowing broadcasts to hundreds of thousands of peers.

Currently clustering is handled via a mesh topology (all Media Servers talk directly with each other); however we are continuing to research Media Server hierarchical algorithms that will ultimately allow for mass-scale to hundreds of millions of peers in a single conference. Obviously, there are some interesting challenges to overcome with more complex clustering scenarios, so stay tuned on that progress!

We've launched a new documentation site in an effort to make documentation more streamlined, searchable, and social. This new system allows us to quickly create and deploy content. We've only had it live for a week and you'll see there is already 50% more content than our prior docs site. Among a number of other features, it allows application developers to comment on each page, providing a simple way for our customers to send feedback, ask questions, and elaborate on their own use-cases.