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color:#1F497D'>G’day Richard and All<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";
color:#1F497D'>With the increase in computer capacity, I generally find there
are 2 practical limitations these days to “how many streams can you view, etc”.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";
color:#1F497D'>The first one is obviously “Network”, the more streams the more
bandwidth required. Obviously there are High Def streams and all that as well,
but if you have access to fast, high capacity networks, this isn’t as big of an
issue.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";
color:#1F497D'>The other limitation is what I like to call “desktop real-estate”.
How many streams can you actually fit up on the screen… If you are using a
single monitor, then I would say you would be limited when compared to using
multiple (3 or more) display screens.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";
color:#1F497D'>I have been fortunate enough to have participated in a SC Global
session where at one stage I counted 72 different AG nodes (given some were
transmitting multiple streams, I would say the number was over 100 different
video streams) coming from 17 different countries. It should also be noted
that this was back at least 3 or more years ago… So hopefully, this gives you
an idea of the AG’s capability.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";
color:#1F497D'>Also, I think a scalability test would also be good to “stress
test” sites and connections.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";
color:#1F497D'>Cheers,<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";
color:#1F497D'>Jason.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><b><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:
"Tahoma","sans-serif"'>From:</span></b><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"'> Thomas Uram [mailto:turam@mcs.anl.gov] <br>
<b>Sent:</b> Wednesday, 2 September 2009 02:37 AM<br>
<b>To:</b> Horwitz, Richard S<br>
<b>Cc:</b> ag-tech@mcs.anl.gov<br>
<b>Subject:</b> Re: [AG-TECH] Is there a maximum number of nodes or streams
that AGcan support?<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal>There is only the practical limitation of the number of
streams your network can handle, your machine can decode, and your display can
accommodate. We've had successful meetings with over 30 video streams.<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal>Anyone for an interactive scalability test?<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal>Tom<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal>On Sep 1, 2009, at 11:27 AM, Horwitz, Richard S wrote:<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";
color:black'>Is there a maximum number of nodes or streams that AG can support?</span><span
lang=EN-US style='color:black'><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";
color:black'>Richard Horwitz</span><span lang=EN-US style='color:black'><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";
color:black'>Brookhaven National Laboratory</span><span lang=EN-US
style='color:black'><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";
color:black'><a href="mailto:Horwitz@bnl.gov">Horwitz@bnl.gov</a></span><span
lang=EN-US style='color:black'><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";
color:black'>(631)344-4134</span><span lang=EN-US style='color:black'><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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