Multiple clients connecting to the server

Hi,

I have one server application reading data from 1000 devices every second. The server application reads a string of data, each belonging to a device, and broadcasts it 'every second'. Currently let us assume that we are using the 'Random' function to create the string, to emulate that we are reading from each device.

The data read from a device and broadcasted will be similar to the following  "222222 2222222". Another device may send data like "333333 33333" and so on... The server relays all this 1000 machine's data every second.

Now each device data string is to be displayed on the respective web clients, that will create a socket connection to the server. There will be around 1000 client connecting to the server and displaying the respective data of the devices. How do  I approach this scenario?

Do I create a seperate socket connection from each client(asp.net) to the server?

Create a server app that can be scaled across different server apps, transparent to the client.

Please support your answer with some examples.

Thanks