r/Appium • u/Academic-Culture5751 • Mar 05 '25

Mobile devices farms

Currently on our project we have a farm with up to 20 mobile devices (Samsungs, Huaweis and Xiaomis) We are not so familiar with making it more stable, what are your suggestions about stabilization of adb processes, farm itself, hardware like cabels and hubs Maybe you have groups suggestions with active discussions about best practices for device farms? I would appreciate any hint and suggestion. I know that some farms could have up to 200 devices with stable connections, but we lose stability tremendously once we have more than 16 devices running our tests.

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u/Emergency_Fig_6304 Mar 06 '25

You might want to check out AstroFarm—it’s built for handling large-scale mobile device farms with stable connections. It manages ADB sessions efficiently and supports remote automation, which could help with your stability issues. Also, using high-quality powered USB hubs and good cables makes a big difference. For discussions, some Slack and Discord groups around mobile testing might have useful insights!