# Hardware requirement for maximum connection. **URL:** \ **Category:** Wowza Streaming Engine\ **Created:** [February 22, 2012, 11:31am UTC](https://community.wowza.com/t/hardware-requirement-for-maximum-connection/38166 "2012-02-22T11:31:06Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 8\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Viet\_Loi](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/a88e57/32.png) [@Viet\_Loi](https://community.wowza.com/u/Viet_Loi)\ **Post date:** [February 22, 2012, 11:31am UTC](https://community.wowza.com/t/hardware-requirement-for-maximum-connection/38166/1 "2012-02-22T11:31:06Z")
Dear all, How much maximum connections that Wowza server can do? Notice that 2Mbps for each connection. Wowza will be used for live streaming. Please tell me the hardware requirement. Thanks all. ---
**Author:** ![Jason\_Hilton](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex002/user_avatar/community.wowza.com/jason_hilton/32/437_2.png) [@Jason\_Hilton](https://community.wowza.com/u/Jason_Hilton)\ **Post date:** [February 22, 2012, 10:58am UTC](https://community.wowza.com/t/hardware-requirement-for-maximum-connection/38166/2 "2012-02-22T10:58:24Z")
Hi Bandwidth is normally the factoring issue for maximum connections, the minimum spec for Wowza is this: System Requirements Minimum recommended production hardware CPU: Single Quad Core, 3.00 GHz or better RAM: 4GB Disk: 2 or more in RAID 0 (striping) Network: 1Gb Ethernet Supported operating systems Windows® (XP, Vista, 7, Server 2003 & 2008) Linux (all distributions) Solaris Mac® OS Unix Java (required) Java Runtime Environment (JRE) 6 or greater or Java Development Kit (JDK) 6 or greater With this hardware you could support 500 connections having a 2Mbps stream, realistically you would only get 90% of the 1Gb Ethernet speed so 450 connections would be more accurate. How many connections do you intend to have? Jason ---
**Author:** ![Richard\_Lanham](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/c68b51/32.png) [@Richard\_Lanham](https://community.wowza.com/u/Richard_Lanham)\ **Post date:** [February 23, 2012, 2:18pm UTC](https://community.wowza.com/t/hardware-requirement-for-maximum-connection/38166/3 "2012-02-23T14:18:29Z")
Wowza provides a load test tool that we recommend using before you go into production. You can get this by request to test@wowza.com. There is a document to sign and return. Richard ---
**Author:** ![Richard\_Lanham](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/c68b51/32.png) [@Richard\_Lanham](https://community.wowza.com/u/Richard_Lanham)\ **Post date:** [May 15, 2014, 3:14pm UTC](https://community.wowza.com/t/hardware-requirement-for-maximum-connection/38166/4 "2014-05-15T15:14:36Z")
In terms of bitrate, it might support as much as 5gbs, which is a Java limitation. So if your streams average 1mbs, that is ~5000 playback clients. Of course, again, you would have to test your actual server/network using the load test tool, or monitoring utilization in production. You must be [properly tuned](https://www.wowza.com/docs/how-to-do-performance-tuning). And to achieve maximum levels you may have to tune your server and network in other ways outside Wowza. Richard ---
**Author:** ![Randall\_Auriemma](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/85e7bf/32.png) [@Randall\_Auriemma](https://community.wowza.com/u/Randall_Auriemma)\ **Post date:** [February 22, 2012, 7:32pm UTC](https://community.wowza.com/t/hardware-requirement-for-maximum-connection/38166/5 "2012-02-22T19:32:23Z")
Viet\_fpt, That looks like it would be fine. ---
**Author:** ![Viet\_Loi](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/a88e57/32.png) [@Viet\_Loi](https://community.wowza.com/u/Viet_Loi)\ **Post date:** [February 23, 2012, 11:02am UTC](https://community.wowza.com/t/hardware-requirement-for-maximum-connection/38166/6 "2012-02-23T11:02:09Z")
> Hi > > Bandwidth is normally the factoring issue for maximum connections, the minimum spec for Wowza is this: > > System Requirements > > Minimum recommended production hardware > > CPU: Single Quad Core, 3.00 GHz or better > > RAM: 4GB > > Disk: 2 or more in RAID 0 (striping) > > Network: 1Gb Ethernet > > Supported operating systems > > Windows® (XP, Vista, 7, Server 2003 & 2008) > > Linux (all distributions) > > Solaris > > Mac® OS > > Unix > > Java (required) > > Java Runtime Environment (JRE) 6 or greater or Java Development Kit (JDK) 6 or greater > > With this hardware you could support 500 connections having a 2Mbps stream, > > realistically you would only get 90% of the 1Gb Ethernet speed so 450 connections would be more accurate. > > How many connections do you intend to have? > > Jason Hi Jason, Thank you for your advice, I intend to have 1000 connections. please tell me about the hardware requirement. And here is an example for 1000 connections, is it ok ? CPU: Intel® Xeon® Quad Core Processor E5620, 2.40GHz, RAM: 8GB HDD: 2 HDD (RAID 1). NIC: 4 x 1Gbps (bonding NIC) Thanks. ---
**Author:** ![Viet\_Loi](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/a88e57/32.png) [@Viet\_Loi](https://community.wowza.com/u/Viet_Loi)\ **Post date:** [February 23, 2012, 1:50pm UTC](https://community.wowza.com/t/hardware-requirement-for-maximum-connection/38166/7 "2012-02-23T13:50:43Z")
> Viet\_fpt, > > That looks like it would be fine. Thank you, randall ---
**Author:** ![Tony\_Andreoli](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/bbe5ce/32.png) [@Tony\_Andreoli](https://community.wowza.com/u/Tony_Andreoli)\ **Post date:** [May 15, 2014, 9:40am UTC](https://community.wowza.com/t/hardware-requirement-for-maximum-connection/38166/8 "2014-05-15T09:40:42Z")
> Hi > > Bandwidth is normally the factoring issue for maximum connections, the minimum spec for Wowza is this: > > System Requirements > > Minimum recommended production hardware > > CPU: Single Quad Core, 3.00 GHz or better > > RAM: 4GB > > Disk: 2 or more in RAID 0 (striping) > > Network: 1Gb Ethernet > > Supported operating systems > > Windows® (XP, Vista, 7, Server 2003 & 2008) > > Linux (all distributions) > > Solaris > > Mac® OS > > Unix > > Java (required) > > Java Runtime Environment (JRE) 6 or greater or Java Development Kit (JDK) 6 or greater > > With this hardware you could support 500 connections having a 2Mbps stream, > > realistically you would only get 90% of the 1Gb Ethernet speed so 450 connections would be more accurate. > > How many connections do you intend to have? > > Jason Given the “High Load” recommendation from the Wowza Website is: CPU: Dual Quad-Core or a single Hex-Core, 3.00 GHz or better RAM: 16-32GB Disk: 2 or more in RAID 0 (striping) Network: 10Gbps Ethernet How many users will this support? Thank you.