# How to to determine VM size

**URL:** <https://community.wowza.com/t/how-to-to-determine-vm-size/49532>\
**Category:** Wowza Streaming Engine\
**Tags:** server-administration\
**Created:** [August 24, 2017, 1:58pm UTC](https://community.wowza.com/t/how-to-to-determine-vm-size/49532 "2017-08-24T13:58:57Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 2\
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**Author:** ![Gary\_Powell](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/c57346/32.png) [@Gary\_Powell](https://community.wowza.com/u/Gary_Powell)\
**Post date:** [August 24, 2017, 1:58pm UTC](https://community.wowza.com/t/how-to-to-determine-vm-size/49532/1 "2017-08-24T13:58:57Z")

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How to determine the best size of a VM to host a Wowza Streaming Engine instance. Disk size, RAM and etc.?

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**Author:** ![system](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex002/user_avatar/community.wowza.com/system/32/447_2.png) [@system](https://community.wowza.com/u/system)\
**Post date:** [August 24, 2017, 5:34pm UTC](https://community.wowza.com/t/how-to-to-determine-vm-size/49532/2 "2017-08-24T17:34:03Z")

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We have a guide on how to size your server in the article below.

[https://www.wowza.com/blog/4-tips-for-sizing-streaming-server-hardware](https://www.wowza.com/blog/4-tips-for-sizing-streaming-server-hardware)