How many devices can I track with my server ?

julien9 years ago

Hello,
It would be nice if someone could tell me how many devices can I track with this kind of configuration ?

  • VPS / Ubuntu server
  • 1 vCore
  • 2,4 GHz
  • 2 Go RAM
  • SSD 10 Go
    I need 1 device for 1 user.

I would like to track 250 GPS trackers.

Maybe this kind of configuration would be better ?

  • 2 vCores
  • 2,4 GHz
  • 8 Go RAM
  • SSD 40 Go

Thank you very much for sharing your experience.

Anton Tananaev9 years ago

Hardware requirements also depend on the frequency of messages from devices. For example if every device sends a message every 1 minute it's one story, but if it's every 5 seconds it's 12x times more messages and 12x higher load on the server.

First configuration might be enough for 250 devices, but the second one is definitely better.

julien9 years ago

Thank you very much for your quick reply. You are right I should have specified the frequency of messages to be precise.
I foresee 3 messages per minute. So I think I will use the second configuration.

Thank you Anton

Anton Tananaev9 years ago

I still think the first configuration should be enough.

julien9 years ago

Thank you for your good advice I will follow.