Critical metrics every IPTV provider should track:
- Bandwidth usage: Real-time throughput in/out - approaching 10Gbps means you need to scale
- CPU usage: High CPU indicates transcoding bottlenecks or too many connections
- RAM usage: Memory leaks in panel software can crash your server
- Active connections: Number of concurrent viewers - correlate with bandwidth and CPU
- Stream health: Check if all channels are active and delivering frames
- Disk I/O: Slow I/O affects VOD delivery and database performance
- Error rates: 4xx/5xx HTTP errors indicate viewer-facing problems