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Hello,

I’m planning to rent a dedicated server for a live streaming service.

i will have around 50 streamers(publishers) and each one will have around 100 watchers.

each stream bitrate will be maximum 1600kb/s.

now i’m not really sure which dedi i would require for that amount but i got a proposal, let me know what you think about it:

Chassis 1U/T3

CPU Intel Xeon

2x E5-2650v2

Cores/threads 16/32t

Frequency/burst 2,6 GHz+/3,4 GHz+

Intel Smart Cache 20 MB

RAM 128 GB DDR3 ECC 1600MHz

Disks 2x 2 TB SATA3

RAID SOFT/JBOD

Bandwidth 500 Mbps

Traffic Unlimited

Burst 1 Gbps unlimited

Public network card 1x 1 Gbps

500GB backup (free) FTP access

what do you think about the server?

is the cpu enough? is the RAM enough or too much?is the bandwidth enough?

i dont require alot of DISKS as im not planning to save any streams on my server.

can you tell me how many watchers/streamers i would be able to to run on this server?

thanks for your help!

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Hi,

The server looks to be sufficient in all areas for what you describe, but agree that the RAM is excessive for the purpose.

16GB or so would be a good / safe RAM size to go with (even that might be high, but still a good option).

Whatever hardware you go with, do ensure you load test with a load test tool such as the one provided here.

Daren