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Amazon AppStream

Collin Davis & Jerry Heinz

March 26, 2014

Tradeoffs

What is Amazon AppStream?

• Render Content in the Cloud

• Stream to any device

• Scale on Demand

• Enjoy Responsive, Fluid, HD-Experience

• Host Entire Application or Only Part

The EC2 G2.2XLarge Instance

• 15 GiB memory

• 8 vCPUs, 26 EC2 Compute Units

• 1 x NVIDIA GRID GPU

• 60 GB SSD

• 64-bit platform

Benefits of Amazon AppStream

Removes Device

Constraints

Saves Development

Time

Instant-On Delivery

Simplifies Updates

Improves Security

Deploying an Application

Benefits of Amazon AppStream

Removes Device

Constraints

Saves Development

Time

Instant-On Delivery

Simplifies Updates

Improves Security

Removes Device Constraints

• App development is not

limited by end-users’

hardware

• AppStream helps reach

broadest audience

• Users get rich experience

on broad device range

Saves Development Time

Write complex code once, deploy to:

Instant-On Delivery

• Users can start using application immediately

• No large file downloads

• No time-consuming installations

• A 700MB application can become 5MB

Simplifies Updates

• Provide a new application version to AppStream

• Immediately upgrade all users

• No action on users’ part

Improves Security

• Your application is never downloaded to the users

device

• Data is streamed as video

• Create Entitlement Service to authorize connections

• Clients connect to Entitlement Service for access

• Your application is secured in AWS Cloud

Automatic Scaling

• Based on the limits you set your application

• The AppStream service takes care of scaling

• AppStream uses the G2.2XLarge Instance

• You can focus on your application, not infrastructure

Customer Use Cases

3D CAD Design

Medical Imaging

MediaVideo

GamesConsumer Electronics

Productivity Applications

Let’s check on that Deployment…

Customer Use Cases

3D CAD Design

Medical Imaging

MediaVideo

GamesConsumer Electronics

Productivity Applications

• Only runs on high-end hardware, Expensive per-seat software licenses

Use Case: CAD / 3D Design

Use Case: Video Games• Best game experience requires high-end hardware

• Large upfront download hurts adoption

• Device Portability, Immediate Collaboration

Use Case: Medical Imaging

Use Case: Consumer Electronics• Less capable hardware limits creativity

• Video / Film Production applications require high-end hardware & Bandwidth constraints limit

creative UI

Use Cases: Media

Use Cases: Productivity Applications

• Running Custom Applications on broader sets of hardware.

STX Protocol

STX: Real-Time Adaptive Video/Audio Protocol

TCP / TLS for Control & Input

UDP / RTP for Video, Audio, and FEC

UDP / RTCP for Video, Audio, and FEC

Assures a smooth, low-latency,

HD experience

Encoder

Developer Code

Input &

Control

API

Audio

API

Video

API

Adaptive Streaming

Controller

AppStream Host

STX: Real-Time Adaptive Video/Audio Protocol

TCP / TLS for Control & Input

UDP / RTP for Video, Audio, and FEC

UDP / RTCP for Video, Audio, and FEC

H.264 and OPUS Audio

Encoder

Developer Code

Input &

Control

API

Audio

API

Video

API

Adaptive Streaming

Controller

AppStream Host

STX: Real-Time Adaptive Video/Audio Protocol

TCP / TLS for Control & Input

UDP / RTP for Video, Audio, and FEC

UDP / RTCP for Video, Audio, and FEC

Adaptive Encoding

Encoder

Developer Code

Input &

Control

API

Audio

API

Video

API

Adaptive Streaming

Controller

AppStream Host

STX: Real-Time Adaptive Video/Audio Protocol

TCP / TLS for Control & Input

UDP / RTP for Video, Audio, and FEC

UDP / RTCP for Video, Audio, and FEC

Adapts to 70+ data points every second

Encoder

Developer Code

Input &

Control

API

Audio

API

Video

API

Adaptive Streaming

Controller

AppStream Host

STX: Real-Time Adaptive Video/Audio Protocol

TCP / TLS for Control & Input

UDP / RTP for Video, Audio, and FEC

UDP / RTCP for Video, Audio, and FEC

User input returned on over TCP

Encoder

Developer Code

Input &

Control

API

Audio

API

Video

API

Adaptive Streaming

Controller

AppStream Host

How Much Does it Cost?

• Free to try for up to 20 hours per month

• $0.83/hr including:– Compute Power of G2 in AWS

– Bandwidth

– Windows License

– Automatic Scaling

– STX Protocol

• No up front commitments

• Pay only for the time your customers stream

What About Latency?

Latency =

Time for your application

to react to user input

Tolerance of latency varies by individual and

by the type of application.

Deployment…

Putting it all together

Streaming Your Application

Your Client

AppStream Host

AppStream Service

Your Entitlement Service

Request Authorization

Your Client

AppStream Host

AppStream Service

Your Entitlement Service

Create a Session

Your Client

AppStream Host

AppStream Service

Your Entitlement Service

Create a Session

Your Client

AppStream Host

AppStream Service

Your Entitlement Service

Redeem Entitlement

Your Client

AppStream Host

AppStream Service

Your Entitlement Service

Start Streaming Your Application

Your Client

AppStream Host

AppStream Service

Your Entitlement Service

Demo…

To Recap…

Removes Device

Constraints

Saves Development

Time

Instant-On Delivery

Simplifies Updates

Improves Security

Generally available. Free to try.