# Maximum sessions calculation
**URL:** https://openvidu.discourse.group/t/maximum-sessions-calculation/4752
**Category:** How to implement?
**Tags:** v2
**Created:** [August 15, 2023, 8:06am UTC](https://openvidu.discourse.group/t/maximum-sessions-calculation/4752 "2023-08-15T08:06:42Z")
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### Author:  [@ali\_ebrahimi](https://openvidu.discourse.group/u/ali_ebrahimi)
#### Post date: [August 15, 2023, 8:06am UTC](https://openvidu.discourse.group/t/maximum-sessions-calculation/4752/1 "2023-08-15T08:06:42Z")
Hello,
The [Pricing](https://openvidu.io/pricing) page provides number of streams per core, based on media node type. May I do some math:
1. session of 7 to 7 (7 publishers, all sending and receiving videos): would be 42 (7\*6) streams per sessions.
2. Intel machine with 56 cores, 125 GB ram.
then
- Kurento as media node: total of 5600 (56\*100) streams, so 133 (5600 / 42) sessions.
- Mediasoup as media node: total of 28000 (56\*500) streams, so 666 (28000 / 42) sessions.
These all seem astronomical and not realistic. Shall I be informed what I got wrong?
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### Author:  [@cruizba](https://openvidu.discourse.group/u/cruizba)
#### Post date: [August 21, 2023, 2:25pm UTC](https://openvidu.discourse.group/t/maximum-sessions-calculation/4752/2 "2023-08-21T14:25:30Z")
The pricing structure doesn’t function in the way you’ve described.
Contrary to your assumption, it’s not about the number of streams per core. Instead, it’s focused on the **number of cores per minute** indepently of the use.
The cost is firmly determined based on the number of cores your machine possesses, rather than the number of streams.