Here's what you need to reliably serve 1,000+ concurrent IPTV viewers:
- CPU: Minimum 8 cores / 16 threads - more if transcoding is needed
- RAM: 64GB minimum - each active connection uses ~50-100KB of memory, plus OS and panel overhead
- Bandwidth: 10Gbps dedicated port - 1,000 HD streams at 5Mbps each = 5Gbps constant throughput
- Storage: 2TB+ NVMe SSD for VOD content, RAID-1 for redundancy
- Network: High-speed bandwidth - at 5Gbps average, you'll transfer ~1.6PB/month