System Requirements for Traccar and scaleability

Hi Anton,
I'm currently looking at using traccar as a backend server for our job management system to allow for GPS tracking of users, vehicles and other assets. I'm looking at putting this onto a dedicated server in our Amazon cloud but want to know:

  • How much ram does Traccar need?
  • Does that need grow with more connections?
  • What's the theoretical maximum number of devices supported all reporting data into Traccar?

Also, what's the best way to get the data from traccar into our system? Using API calls or url.forward (can you provide any documentation on that function?)

Anton Tananaev9 years ago

For small number of devices I would recommend at least 1GB RAM. Of course you need more resources to handle more devices. There is no theoretical maximum. Traccar has been tested with 100k devices and it can probably handle more than that.

There are several options for integrations:

  1. Use Traccar API (more suitable if you just making an alternative interface)
  2. Forwarding ("url.forward" parameter)
  3. Configure Traccar to directly write data into your database
Ahmed Hamdy6 years ago

Hi

I have hp Proliant Dl380 g7 server with 32 giga of ram how many devices it can handle and how much network bandwidth I need to handle about 100 devices

Anton Tananaev6 years ago

It can easily handle 100 devices. No high bandwidth capacity needed.