# Test how many channels a server can handle

**URL:** <https://community.wowza.com/t/test-how-many-channels-a-server-can-handle/36539>\
**Category:** Wowza Streaming Engine\
**Created:** [June 5, 2014, 1:36pm UTC](https://community.wowza.com/t/test-how-many-channels-a-server-can-handle/36539 "2014-06-05T13:36:51Z")\
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**Author:** ![George\_Assimenos](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/a6a055/32.png) [@George\_Assimenos](https://community.wowza.com/u/George_Assimenos)\
**Post date:** [June 5, 2014, 1:36pm UTC](https://community.wowza.com/t/test-how-many-channels-a-server-can-handle/36539/1 "2014-06-05T13:36:51Z")

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I am running Wowza Streaming Engine 4.0.3 with transcoder addon. We have few transcoding licenses but we want to test full load.

I tried to add more streams under an application, it seems that it only allows up to the number of licenses I have.

If I am not mistaken it was possible in the previous version to add more channels but they had the watermark? In any case, is there a way to stress test the server?

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**Author:** ![Zoran](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex002/user_avatar/community.wowza.com/zoran/32/385_2.png) [@Zoran](https://community.wowza.com/u/Zoran)\
**Post date:** [June 6, 2014, 2:06am UTC](https://community.wowza.com/t/test-how-many-channels-a-server-can-handle/36539/2 "2014-06-06T02:06:06Z")

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Hello,

This is correct. Each transcoded stream requires a transcoding license.

Please take a look at the “[Wowza Transcoder AddOn Performance Benchmark](https://www.wowza.com/docs/wowza-transcoder-performance-benchmark)” article to get an idea on the server capacity when using a different number of transcoded stream on various types of servers.

You should contact Wowza’s Sales department ([sales@wowza.com](mailto:sales@wowza.com)) and ask about available solutions for testing the transcoding capacity of your server.

Zoran