How many listeners can I have?
 

Hello,

I bought a server with the following specs:
->8GB RAM
->100GB HDD
->10,000GB Bandwidth (10TB)
->4 Cores @ 2Ghz Intel Xeon E5
->4000Mbps Connectivity

with AutoDJ

How many listeners can I have? with the maximum BitRate? and what is the maximum bitrate? can I not have it in Mbps instead of Kbps?

I wish to have 500 listeners (at minimum would these specs be enough or do I need to purchase more - I have another $700 in my pocket.)

You say you have 4,000 Mbps, you want 500 listeners

4,000Mbps / 500 = 8Mbps per user - more than enough to stream full HD video to 500

looking at it from a different angle, lets say you stream 320kbps MP3, how many listeners can you have:

4,000Mbps / 320Kbps = 12,500 listeners - which is 25 times the number of listeners you want.

But, you can have even more listeners, because nobody streams at 320k

128k is very popular

4,000Mbps / 128Kbps = 31,350

or if you send out two streams, 128k and 64k, you could get a total of over 41,000 listeners


edit: I forgot about the 10TB "bandwidth" (I assume that's per month) - it is NOT enough to support 500 listeners even at the low rate of 64kbps (assuming 100% occupancy)

How much Bandwidth (in TB, and yes it is monthly) do you recommend I need to have to get the 12,500 listeners?

and what Software who I need inorder to sell multiple Stations?

number of listeners * bitrate per second * number of seconds = data (in BITS) you need

divide by 8 for bytes
then divide by 1024 for Kbytes
then divide by 1024 for Mbytes
then divide by 1024 for GBytes
then divide by 1024 for TBytes

you can't even figure out your bandwidth requirements, how can you possibly be in a position to sell anything?

Yup, i know haha - i'm just getting started and thank you ever so much for helping me!

To keep you updated I purchased around extra 100TB Bandwidth. Thanks for helping me once again.