Hello, I am in the process of setting up a proof of concept based on OpenMeetings and would very much appreciate your input on a few questions before I get started. The goal of this proof of concept is to evaluate if OpenMeetings would be a suitable replacement for a current system based on Adobe Connect. (I sure hope so.)
What I would like to do is install a fully working OpenMeetings environment that we can play around with. As I would propably have to take this on the road I'm wondering if a VMware based install would work? I see that there are some VMware images available for download but I think I would prefer to do the install from scratch myself in order to assess the installation process as well. I'm thinking of doing the install in one of our Vsphere clusters and, if I need to take it on the road with me, export it to VMware Workstation images and run locally on one (or more) laptops with my own networking equipment. These are my questions: What is a solid choice for the OS/distro? I'm guessing, based on reading the Wiki, that CentOS is a good choice; but what version? Or should I look into one of the other fine distros out there? I'm looking to try the clustering features as well on this project so, based on that, how many servers - performing what tasks - do you propose I setup? I would like to use PostgreSQL for the DB, but MySQL would also work. Two servers running OpenMeetings and one server running the database? I would also like to explore SIP connectivity so perhaps one server running Asterisk (or similiar)? Do I need any more servers for something that would, pretty much, mimic a real live situation? And while I'm asking questions: Is there a way to extend OpenMeetings so that video broadcasts could use upstream relaying servers somehow? We have schools in different locations and it would be nice if people in these schools could connect to a locally installed relay server for the video feed instead of each of them having to go the main OpenMeetings server gobbling up unnecessary bandwidth in the process. Thanks in advance, Nicklas
