At what speed is needed to run dedicated server?

[justcharlie]

I'm thinking about running my own dedicate server. However, what I need to know is the bandwidth speed. I'm thinking of hosting an online radio show or online music streaming. If I'm hosting my own dedicated server, what is the bandwidth that I need to have for a decent streaming radio show? Should I be concern more with the upload speed, download speed or both?

[~ServerPoint~]

Both I think and I also suggest you have a look at the providers ogffering web hosting packages for the radio.

[megadl]

check ur isp's TOS first if they allow hosting at ur home.

[~ServerPoint~]

At what speed is needed to run dedicated server?

And for your main question: at least 100mbs connection speed needed for radio

[damien_ls]

Posts so far seem to forgetting that the bandwidth you need depends on the number of concurrent listeners. Since bandwidth is about how much data you can transfer at once (i.e. concurrently/simultaneously) it's pretty obvious that this is the case.

The other factor here is the quality of the streams - the higher bitrate (higher quality) you use, the more bandwidth per listener you will need.

The final point (before you start getting a calculator out to figure out how many 64Kbps streams you'll get into your 10Mbps connection) is that you'll also have some overhead to consider - i.e. additional network traffic required to make the network work; headers etc.

Streaming (i.e. from the listener's end) is basically downloading, so you need to be able to upload at a decent rate - you won't get much incoming traffic other than maybe background network stuff, and requests for connections (i.e. when a new listener "tunes in").

100Mbps may not be enough, or may be too much - it's nonsense to provide a figure without knowing the information discussed earlier in my post (e.g. how many listeners etc.). You may run a small streaming server on a residential type broadband connection (assuming your ISP's t&c's allow it of course), but I doubt you'll handle more than a handful of streams on that.

[berlin56]

For streaming you will need at least 100Mbps conection - preferably dedicated but that will be expensive

[ryukenden]

You will need proper cable lines like T1 or T3 lines which are really expensive. I dont think normal broadband provider will allow you to host dedicated server at home.