# Hardware sizing

**URL:** <https://community.wowza.com/t/hardware-sizing/44994>\
**Category:** Hire a Consultant\
**Created:** [March 24, 2015, 7:11am UTC](https://community.wowza.com/t/hardware-sizing/44994 "2015-03-24T07:11:44Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 3\
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**Author:** ![T\_G](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/ee59a6/32.png) [@T\_G](https://community.wowza.com/u/T_G)\
**Post date:** [March 24, 2015, 7:11am UTC](https://community.wowza.com/t/hardware-sizing/44994/1 "2015-03-24T07:11:44Z")

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Dear GURUs,

I need to build a streaming server that has 16 HD(720p 25fps) channels to cloud server in HKK. I chose following hardware, please consult me on it.

SERVER Hardware spec:

DELL R430/T430

CPU : 2x Intel® Xeon® E5-2660 v3 2.6GHz,25M Cache,9.60GT/s QPI,Turbo,HT,10C/20T

RAM : 4x 8GB

Ingest card: 4x Streamlabs MH4LM(HD-SDI)

Thank you,

TG

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**Author:** ![Gustavo\_Villegas](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/57b2e6/32.png) [@Gustavo\_Villegas](https://community.wowza.com/u/Gustavo_Villegas)\
**Post date:** [March 24, 2015, 11:53am UTC](https://community.wowza.com/t/hardware-sizing/44994/2 "2015-03-24T11:53:23Z")

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contact me at Gustavo@glidertek.com to follow up

It looks like you are building an encoder, not a streaming server as you are mentioning capture cards there

If that’s the case, you are missing info for a good hardware sizing (like how you’ll encode, bitrates, how many bitrates, etc)

contact me at Gustavo@glidertek.com to follow up

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**Author:** ![Karel\_Boek](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex002/user_avatar/community.wowza.com/karel_boek/32/454_2.png) [@Karel\_Boek](https://community.wowza.com/u/Karel_Boek)\
**Post date:** [March 24, 2015, 5:59pm UTC](https://community.wowza.com/t/hardware-sizing/44994/3 "2015-03-24T17:59:03Z")

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What you’ll need, is the Wowza Transcoder Add-On (which now comes for free with the Wowza Server Pro Edition license), and multiple powerful servers that can convert 16HD SDI channels into video streams. Please have a look at [https://www.wowza.com/docs/wowza-transcoder](https://www.wowza.com/docs/wowza-transcoder) for more information about the Transcoder Add On. You may also be interested in some benchmarks, to compare your situation with test results from various configurations; see [https://www.wowza.com/docs/wowza-transcoder-performance-benchmark](https://www.wowza.com/docs/wowza-transcoder-performance-benchmark)

Kind Regards,

Karel Boek

karel.boek@raskenlund.com

Raskenlund

www.raskenlund.com