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Requirements - Storm Streaming Server
Storm Streaming Server can operate on any modern computer or server covering both ARM and X86_64 architectures. A wide variety of operating systems are also compatible. Below are the technical requirements for the server.
Minimal Hardware Requirements (250 connections / 720p)
| CPU | 8-core, 1.8 Ghz (x86_64 / arm64) |
| Memory | 8 GB |
| Network Interface | 1 Gbps NIC |
| Storage Space | 50 MB |
Table 1. Minimal requirements table
Recommended Hardware Requirements (2800 connections / 720p)
| CPU | 16-core, 2.2+ Ghz (x86_64 / arm64) |
| Memory | 64 GB |
| Network Interface | 10 Gbps SFP+ NIC (Fiber / DAC) |
| Storage Space | 50 MB |
Table 2. Recommended requirements table
Recommended Software
| Java VM Machine | Oracle Java SE 21 OpenJDK 21 (included and pre-configured in the installer) |
| Operating system | Windows 10+ Windows Server 2019+ Linux Debian 10+ Linux Red Hat 8+ Linux OpenSUSE 15+ Mac OS X 11+ |
| SSL passthrough | Nginx 1.18+ |
Table 3. Recommended software table
Optional Software
| Encoder | FFMPEG 4.1.10 |
| VM/Virtualization | Docker |
Table 4. Optional software table