Network and Middleware

Bandwidth

For most use cases, a 100 MBit network connection is sufficient.

Heavy-duty use cases with lots of concurrent, fast requests leading to large responses may require a 1 GBit network connection for optimal performance.

Web Proxy Software

If PTV xServer is directly accessible from the internet, we advise you to set up a separate proxy server even if you do not need other proxy capabilities. A separate proxy server can be updated independently from and therefore more often than the built-in web server. A prerequisite for securing your server is to have a version that is always up-to-date.

Using a separate proxy server opens up further options, such as:

  • further security strengthening: DDoS protection,

  • traffic shaping: limit the number of connections per user ID to enforce fair use in multi-user environments,

  • access control: hide access to web management console from non-local hosts,

  • user management: simple autheication or full user right management using a middleware inserting HTTP headers,

  • high availability and load balancing: distribute requests to a currently available service in a cluster, according to a balancing strategy.

Most hardware and software proxies offer such features. Should you have no proxy server available yet, the following free software web servers are suitable choices:

It may be necessary to install further plug-ins or add-ons, depending on your requirements.