[GH-ISSUE #115] [Question] How many users can peerflix-server handle? #312

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opened 2026-03-15 02:58:27 +03:00 by kerem · 3 comments

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Originally created by @AurumProject on GitHub (May 12, 2017).
Original GitHub issue: https://github.com/asapach/peerflix-server/issues/115

Hi all, first sorry for my english, maybe it's a noob question but i would like to know if anyone had how many users peerflix can handle withouth crashing? Streaming the same torrent? etc..

The point is to know what are the best / recommended server requirements to handle 10,000 request from the same stream, at the same time. And your experience running a public peerflix-server.

Thank you all,

Originally created by @AurumProject on GitHub (May 12, 2017). Original GitHub issue: https://github.com/asapach/peerflix-server/issues/115 Hi all, first sorry for my english, maybe it's a noob question but i would like to know if anyone had how many users peerflix can handle withouth crashing? Streaming the same torrent? etc.. The point is to know what are the best / recommended server requirements to handle 10,000 request from the same stream, at the same time. And your experience running a public peerflix-server. Thank you all,

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@asapach commented on GitHub (May 12, 2017):

It's definitely not designed for scale. I don't think you can get more than 10 users to stream comfortably.

@asapach commented on GitHub (May 12, 2017): It's definitely not designed for scale. I don't think you can get more than 10 users to stream comfortably.

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2026-03-15 02:58:48 +03:00

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@AurumProject commented on GitHub (May 13, 2017):

What is the first problem that comes to your mind when serving more than 10 users? The only limitations that i see is Ram, HDD, Bandwith..
Can you explain more?

Thanks for your quickly answer @asapach .

@AurumProject commented on GitHub (May 13, 2017): What is the first problem that comes to your mind when serving more than 10 users? The only limitations that i see is Ram, HDD, Bandwith.. Can you explain more? Thanks for your quickly answer @asapach .

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2026-03-15 02:58:53 +03:00

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@asapach commented on GitHub (May 13, 2017):

Actually the first limit you will run into is CPU, because it's single-threaded. Every peer and client require a certain amount of CPU resources to keep them happy, and once it's exhausted everything becomes sluggish. It's less of a problem when the torrent is fully downloaded, because the most expensive part is over.
Slow HDD can be a bottleneck, as well as limited IOPS on a virtual server.
You can run into the default V8 limit of ~1.6GB RAM that Node has if CPU or HDD don't keep up.
Bandwidth is a constant issue, regardless of how many users you have.

@asapach commented on GitHub (May 13, 2017): Actually the first limit you will run into is CPU, because it's single-threaded. Every peer and client require a certain amount of CPU resources to keep them happy, and once it's exhausted everything becomes sluggish. It's less of a problem when the torrent is fully downloaded, because the most expensive part is over. Slow HDD can be a bottleneck, as well as limited IOPS on a virtual server. You can run into the default V8 limit of ~1.6GB RAM that Node has if CPU or HDD don't keep up. Bandwidth is a constant issue, regardless of how many users you have.