Wowza Media Server is a Flash Media Server alternative, Flash streaming server and flash server.



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Wowza Media Server 2 is a Java 6 (aka 1.6) application. To run, it requires the installation of a Java 6 or greater runtime environment. To develop server side applications, a Java Development Kit (JDK) version 6 or later is required.

The server also implements a JMX management and monitoring interface that requires a JMX based console on any machine that is going to be used to monitor Wowza Media Server 2. One of the more popular JMX consoles is JConsole, which ships with many Java vendor’s JDKs. The Java Development Kit also includes the server runtime environment which is a better choice when running Wowza Media Server 2 in a production environment.

So what does this all mean? If you are developing server side applications, deploying the server in a production environment or are going to monitor a local or remote Wowza server on a machine, you need to install Java Development Kit version 6 (aka 1.6) or greater. If you are simply deploying Wowza Media Server 2 on a machine, then you need only install a Java Runtime Environment version 6 (aka 1.6) or greater.

Wowza Media Server 2 performs best when running on the most recent Java environment. So it is best to choose the most recent Java environment for your platform.

Sun Java Runtime Environment (JRE) and Java Development Kit (JDK) http://java.sun.com/javase/downloads




To simplify server-side programming tasks and to simplify the leap into Java development world, we offer a FREE Eclipse-based Wowza Integrated Development Environment.



The tool allows you to benchmark the performance of Wowza Media Server in some Flash applications environments. Please send an email to test@wowzamedia.com for more information.