I have a large budget for a video hosting site. This site needs basic upload & rating functionality for a growing number of videos, and needs to be able to handle demand if it becomes popular. It needs to run smoothly and adapt to any design that is created. What do I need for this? What is an estimated budget? I am aware of the generic/free youtube clone scripts but am not confident they can handle a load. Can anyone help? Thanks.
There is a brandnew Media Content Management System (MCMS) from http://www.ostube.de/ (page is in German) Here is a demo: http://demo.ostube.info/index.php?slang=1 (in english) They support the following formats: avi, mpeg, quicktime, windows media, xvid, 3gp I think this can handle every load. At least their enterprise edition. They even offer a free edition with their adsense code. So you could test it. And the best its open source!
you can use a youtube clone modded for clustered server. I seen a post on the clip-share.com Forum You mite also want to check out Attachmax Dolphin 2 it has clustered server options. insom.net