P2P CDN Technology
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P2P CDN technology explained
Video has become more and more popular for live entertainment and business communication. However, delivering a live stream to a large number of people is often problematic and can be a challenge to the network.
Therefore, people often discover these common problems with live video streams:
- Low video quality
- Long buffering times
- Bad quality of experience
- Accessibility issues or break-downs
Efficient media delivery
P2P CDN technology allows you to deliver high-quality, scalable live video streams at minimum bandwidth requirements. A P2P CDN establishes connections between the devices streaming your video content. Once connected, these devices can cache and share video data, as they are streaming the same content at the same time.
Live video delivery in a P2P CDN follows this process:
- A user requests video content
- The system checks for available peers to deliver the content from
- If an applicable peer is found, the content will be provided to the user without connecting to the original server
- If such peer is not found, a connection to the origin server is established
Thanks to this approach, requests to the origin server are significantly reduced. Because of this, bandwidth savings of up to 95% are possible – resulting in a stable, high-quality video stream. The best part: The network can grow dynamically, resulting in unlimited scalability. It is completely flexible without a single point of failure.
StriveCast offers a P2P CDN that is based on WebRTC. Therefore, it can be used with every modern browser and is simple to set-up.
P2P CDN technology and features
Enterprise and OTT
Suitable for every use case: Our technology is designed for both enterprise applications and OTT scenarios.
Combined with Analytics
Never miss any important data again! StriveCast offers an extensive video analytics feature for real-time statistics and downloadable reports about your live events.
Hosting: On-premise or via cloud solution
Choose whatever fits best for your business: StriveCast’s P2P CDN can be hosted either via cloud or on-premise.
Fully compatible with mDNS
The only P2P CDN that works with mDNS: By placing our AI-based management server within our clients’ infrastructure, the peering of viewer groups is still possible, even if they use a browser that has mDNS activated.
AI-based for corporate networks
Get a self-learning eCDN: StriveCast uses a unique AI management server for enterprise CDN that continuously optimizes itself. Learn more about our artificial intelligence features here.
Management Server
You are in full control: Every single peer in the network first connects to StriveCast’s management server. This way, we control peering habits and avoid unnecessary connections that could cause network congestion.
Benefits of a P2P CDN
Setting up a P2P CDN ensures a stable and reliable live stream that can be delivered to a large number of users.
Profit from:
- Smooth, reliable video delivery
- Significant bandwidth savings of up to 95%
- Implementation in any network – regardless of the infrastructure given
- Installation without making changes to your network
- No single point of failure, as no central server distributes information
- Unlimited scalability as it works even better the more viewers join the stream
StriveCast’s P2P CDN offers features that other P2P providers lack. At StriveCast, we’ll guarantee 100%:
Flexibility
Everything can be deployed via cloud solution or on-premises
Security
Content is only shared encrypted, fully GDPR and DRM compliant
Simplicity
WebRTC and browser-based, easy to set-up and no installation needed
Intelligence
Self-Improving network optimization through the first AI-based eCDN
Works within most modern browsers
WebRTC stands for Web Real-Time Communication. It is an open-source protocol that allows real-time audio and video communication between connected devices via the Internet. We are all encountering WebRTC in our everyday business and private lives whenever we are – as the name states – communicating in real-time via the Internet. It is used for applications such as video conferencing, file transfer, chat, and desktop sharing. WebRTC is already integrated into most modern browsers and works with every device, so people can broadly use it without installing any new plugins or complicated set-ups.
P2P eCDN
For webcasting agencies & large companies: Easily deliver company webcasts with our eCDN, the next generation of enterprise video delivery.
Real-Time Analytics
Inlcuded in our eCDN: Use powerful real time video analytics to get deep insights into your video streaming performance and user experience.
Webcasting Services
Profit from StriveCast's 5+ years of corporate webcasting experience to deliver outstanding webcast content in best quality at scale.
P2P CDN Use Cases
Some example uses cases of a P2P CDN include:
- Streaming one-time events like digital town hall meetings
- Regularly delivering (enterprise) webcasts to a large audience
- Setting up enterprise live streams within a corporate network
- Over-the-Top Content Delivery to many viewers
- Large broadcasting organizations streaming to a big audience
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Fully encrypted video delivery
StriveCast sets a high value on security, as many of our customers handle confidential business information in their live streams. Therefore, our P2P CDN technology comes with the following security features:
- Central Management Approach
- End-to-End encryption
- Digital signatures
- GDPR & DRM compliance
- Protection against unauthorized access
- Can be hosted via cloud or on-premise in your own network
- Hosted and developed in Germany
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