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Cem, do you freely use the full version of the software or are there limitations? When is it projected to be no longer "free"?
How much server ram is required? Say... for 25 participants? Yes, I realize that there are many other usage variables in play.
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Hi @banister ,
Yes we are using it for 3-4 years.
There is no news that it the free version will be ended on jitsi side.
Thinking about a videoconference system's unpredictable enourmous resource needs, for UNA cloud I guess that it will be as a paid service and will go through custom installations for each client.
Even many companies who are sensitive about privacy are using Jitsi self hosted version.
RAM is not a big problem for this, but CPU power, for 100 participants a server with:
- 32 GB RAM
- 12 reserved vCPU
will be secure enough. The CPU need is going up with a logarithmic scale as participants increase.
Therefore with current technology even if you reserve 32vCPUs is it not possible to host more then 150-200 participants in a single installation. You will need clustering for more (also zoom google meet etc. doing the same). We were able to reach to 800-1000 participants with clustering.
For 25 participants a 4 vCPU 8 GB server will be enough. You may observe the CPU usage and increase vCPU numbers if needed.
Being carefull about closing the cameras and microphones while not neccessary will benefit a lot.
There are options to start the participant with cameras mics off etc.
installation is very easy if you have a little bit linux skills.
For clustering there are different options with cons and pros please have a look at my comments for previous posts:
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Can you use Jitsi with the Streaming module of UNA? or at least members can use it individually to stream from their pages, or it is just for conferences like Zoom, webex, .etc?
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