How many displays can Xibo support?
- Xibo for Android
- DSDevices DSCS9X/95 Set-up Guide
- Install a White Label or a different Player version on DSDevices
- CEC Screen Power on/off with DSDevices
- Hardware Recommendations
- Philips Signage SoC Monitors
- Sony Bravia SoC
- Hisense Commercial Displays SoC
- Managing Storage on the Android Device
- Player Settings
- Players without an Internet Connection
- Remote Administration with SS Helper
- Restart Rooted Device with a Shell Command
- Running Xibo for Android
- Resolving Common Issues
- Error shown when I try to licence my Player?
- Player not updating from the CMS?
- I can see my Licence entry but the Player appears unlicensed?
- Error message - Player is missing dependencies
- My scheduled Layouts are not working?
- Layout won't play? Splash screen plays?
- Watchdog error message
- Troubleshooting for Administrators
- Audit Trail
- Log Information
- Player Logs
- Getting the Player Status
- Request Player Status via CMS - Logged in Players only
- Request Player Status directly from a Device
- Can I use the Xibo name / logo?
- Can I run a Xibo Player on Raspberry Pi?
- How can I increase the upload file size limit?
- How do Players communicate with the CMS?
- How many displays can Xibo support?
- How do I reset the Xibo_admin account password?
- Power On/Off for Players
- Testing with Xibo
- Why do I need a Default Layout?
- Xibo for Android FAQ's
- Autoplaying Embedded Youtube Videos
- Closing to Home screen
- Displaying Images
- Embedded TV
- External SD card not listed when running Banana-Pi
- Helper Command to change Time zone
- HTML5 Video
- Memory Notifications
- Menu not accessible
- SSL Support
- Using Portrait Displays
- Video wont play properly
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How many displays can Xibo support?
Xibo itself doesn’t impose a hard limit on the number of players that can connect to a single CMS.
We know of production instances of Xibo running many hundreds of players against a single server. The limitations come from the hardware you choose to deploy your CMS on.
Asking what hardware is required is a little like asking how long the proverbial piece of string is. Everyone’s display workloads are very different depending on the frequency and content of the media updates made to the layouts the CMS is hosting, the frequency with with the displays connect to the CMS and how aggressively media items such as RSS feeds are set to be cached.
For most small to medium deployments, quite modest server hardware should be sufficient. For larger deployments, take the time to simulate some production workloads and then scale out from there to work out the resources you’ll need to service your clients.
