Hello,

I'm working on a FMS2 project and would like to know if its possible to
seperate the FMS2 server with the FLV files.

What i want i a server with FMS2 installed on it and where users do their
requests. When a FLV movie is requested, the FMS2 directs to the FLV on the
hosting server (with bigger bandwidth capacity). So the only thing the FMS2 is
get the FLV from the other server and sends it to the user.. (VOD). On the FMS2
will only host Flash applications.

I guess this would be possible, because with big traffic one server isn't
capable to handle the video's..

Greets,

Paul Merks

Assuming the http server is in the same network as the FMS server, you could
store the files on the http server and map the drive in your FMS configuration.
The thing to keep in mind is that you're still serving the video through FMS,
so the data is moving through the FMS server's internet pipe on the way to the
client.

Can you install FMS on the machine with the larger bandwidth capacity?

Nope i can't. I have one streaming only account, with the large bandwidth and a
own server with FMS.
What i actually want is a tool that determens my bandwidth connection and
flashplayer and then automaticly choses the right flv on the streaming server.

Maybe there is another way to achive this?

I think I see what you're saying. You want to use your FMS to check connection
speed, and then have the client connect to your streaming account (something
like limelight or akamai?), to play the video?

Okay. Since your FMS doesn't have the bandwidth you need, proxying the flv
through your FMS is out.

What you'll need to do is have the client connect to your FMS, negotiate the
bandwidth detection, and have your FMS send the name of the stream and (if
required) the connection details for your CDN stream. Then, the client .swf
needs to disconnect from your fms, and make the connection to the CDN.
Unortunately, FMS has no means of "redirecting" the client to the stream on the
CDN.

Depends on the CDN you use. Chances are you won't be able to run your own server side AS, but they might have some sort of bandwidth detection service available.