Tech specs

Complete reference of codecs, protocols, platform support, and system requirements for Storm Streaming Server. For deployment guides and integration tutorials, see the documentation.

Streaming protocols

PROTOCOL	INGEST (push)	INGEST (pull)	OUTPUT (viewers)
RTMP / Enhanced RTMP
RTSP / RTP
SRT
HLS / LL-HLS
DASH
Storm (WebCodecs/WS)

Video codecs

CODEC	ENCODE	DECODE	HARDWARE ACCELERATION
H.264 / AVC			NVENC, AMF, QuickSync
H.265 / HEVC			NVENC, AMF, QuickSync
VP8
VP9
AV1

Audio codecs

CODEC	ENCODE	DECODE
AAC
Opus

Operating systems

OS	SUPPORTED VERSIONS
Windows	Windows 10+, Windows Server 2019+
Linux (Debian)	Debian 10+
Linux (RHEL)	Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8+
Linux (openSUSE)	openSUSE 15+
macOS	macOS 11+
Docker	Multi-arch (x86_64, arm64)

Hardware architectures

Storm officially supports x86_64 and arm64 — both with full hardware acceleration where available.

Because Storm is written in pure Java with no native bindings, it can run on any platform with a compatible JVM (RISC-V, IBM Power, mainframe, custom ARM cores). These deployments aren't officially supported, but we're happy to help if you're building something unusual.

Hardware requirements

Minimal — 250 connections at 720p

COMPONENT	REQUIREMENT
CPU	8-core, 1.8 GHz (x86_64 / arm64)
Memory	8 GB
Network interface	1 Gbps NIC
Storage	50 MB

Recommended — 2,800 connections at 720p

COMPONENT	REQUIREMENT
CPU	16-core, 2.2+ GHz (x86_64 / arm64)
Memory	64 GB
Network interface	10 Gbps SFP+ NIC (fiber / DAC)
Storage	50 MB

Minimal specs handle small deployments and testing. Recommended specs scale to typical production loads. For larger clusters, scale horizontally.

Software requirements

Required

SOFTWARE	VERSION
Java Virtual Machine	Oracle Java SE 21 or OpenJDK 21 (bundle with installer)
Memory	Nginx 1.18+

Optional

SOFTWARE	VERSION
Encoder	FFmpeg 6.0+
Containerization	Docker