# require a suggestion for live streaming

**URL:** https://community.wowza.com/t/require-a-suggestion-for-live-streaming/44007
**Category:** Wowza Streaming Engine
**Created:** [October 31, 2014, 11:40am UTC](https://community.wowza.com/t/require-a-suggestion-for-live-streaming/44007 "2014-10-31T11:40:06Z")
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### Author: ![Lidor\_Saad](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/b38774/32.png) [@Lidor\_Saad](https://community.wowza.com/u/Lidor_Saad)
#### Post date: [October 31, 2014, 11:40am UTC](https://community.wowza.com/t/require-a-suggestion-for-live-streaming/44007/1 "2014-10-31T11:40:06Z")

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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
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> CPU Intel Xeon
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> 2x E5-2650v2
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> Cores/threads 16/32t
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> Frequency/burst 2,6 GHz+/3,4 GHz+
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> Intel Smart Cache 20 MB
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> RAM 128 GB DDR3 ECC 1600MHz
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> Disks 2x 2 TB SATA3
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> RAID SOFT/JBOD
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> Bandwidth 500 Mbps
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> Traffic Unlimited
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> Burst 1 Gbps unlimited
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> Public network card 1x 1 Gbps
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> 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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### Author: ![Daren\_Johnson](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/ee59a6/32.png) [@Daren\_Johnson](https://community.wowza.com/u/Daren_Johnson)
#### Post date: [October 31, 2014, 11:19pm UTC](https://community.wowza.com/t/require-a-suggestion-for-live-streaming/44007/2 "2014-10-31T23:19:26Z")

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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.](https://www.wowza.com/docs/how-to-get-flash-rtmp-load-test-tool)

Daren