Intel N100 platform - How many users can it serve for 1080p?

[Balinus]

Hello!

I have a Beelink S12 Pro with the Intel N100, 16GB of RAM, SSD drive. The media are hosted on 2 distinct NAS on the LAN (I think there is no bottleneck on the NAS-side, even if one of them is old).

I was wondering, assuming my media files are 99% 1080p in either H264, H265 and AV1: how many users can it serve correctly, if those users all needs transcoding to a lower bandwidth, still being in 1080p. For example, say I limit the bandwidth to ~8Mbps and all the files are > 8Mbps, hence triggering the transcoding (if I understood correctly the server configuration).

A ballpark estimate is enough. I was hoping to be able to do 4-6 simultaneous users.

[hov]

Hello!

I have a Beelink S12 Pro with the Intel N100, 16GB of RAM, SSD drive. The media are hosted on 2 distinct NAS on the LAN (I think there is no bottleneck on the NAS-side, even if one of them is old).

I was wondering, assuming my media files are 99% 1080p in either H264, H265 and AV1: how many users can it serve correctly, if those users all needs transcoding to a lower bandwidth, still being in 1080p. For example, say I limit the bandwidth to ~8Mbps and all the files are > 8Mbps, hence triggering the transcoding (if I understood correctly the server configuration).

A ballpark estimate is enough. I was hoping to be able to do 4-6 simultaneous users.

You can definitely use the Intel iGPU to do some transcodes via QSV, but ideally you want to direct play stream to devices instead of transcode so more users. With direct play you don't have to transcode.

[TheDreadPirate]

4-6 1080P transcodes shouldn't be a problem for the N100.

[Balinus]

You can definitely use the Intel iGPU to do some transcodes via QSV, but ideally you want to direct play stream to devices instead of transcode so more users. With direct play you don't have to transcode.

Yes, indeed, but direct play might hit my upload bottleneck (to be verified frankly though). Right now, we are 2 active users, mostly using direct play, with my on the LAN and the other as a remote user. Working so far, I was wondering how far I could go if somehow, we all need transcoding at the same time (which I guess it will be rare). Thanks for your information

4-6 1080P transcodes shouldn't be a problem for the N100.

Thanks! 4-6 is good enough for my need