1.
Scaling with Panopto

2.
What is Scalability?
The ability of a system to handle a growing amount of work in a capable
manner or its ability to be enlarged to accommodate that growth.

3.
How Panopto Scales
Scale Up
Scale Out

4.
Four Components for Every
Panopto Deployment
Web
Server
Encoder
Server
SQL DB
Storage

5.
Web Servers
IIS 7.0 handles all HTTP requests
IIS and Windows Media Services
Handles live and on-demand
streaming requests

6.
Encoder Servers
Expression Encoder
PowerPoint
QuickTime
Handle all encoding requests

7.
SQL DB (Database Servers)
Microsoft SQL Server
Runs “PanoptoDB_3” Database
MDF (data file)
LDF (transaction log)

8.
Storage
Storage Area Network (SAN)
Network Attached Storage (NAS)
Direct Attached Storage (DAS)

9.
Deployment Options

10.
Single-Server Deployment
SQL

11.
Two-Server Deployment
Web Server
Storage
SQL DB
Encoder Server
SQL DB
Port 80
SQL

12.
Multi-Server Deployment
Port 1433
Web
Server
Port 80
SQL DB
Port 80
Port 80
Encoder
Server
Encoder
Server
Storage

13.
Load-Balanced Deployment
Web Server 1
Load Balancer
Web Server 2
Port 80
Port 80
Encoder
Servers
1 and 2
Port 80
SQL DB
Port 80
Storage
Port 1433
Encoder
Servers
3 and 4

14.
Partial View of Panopto Hosted
Search Servers
Web Servers
Amazon EC2
Amazon S3
Broadcast
Servers
Encoder Servers
Upload
Servers
Master Database
Amazon Availability Zone

15.
Cross-Availability Zone Failover
Availability Zone
A
Availability Zone
B

16.
Auto-Scaling
Scale out Amazon EC2 instances
(Encoder Servers) seamlessly and
automatically when demand increases