# Advice on Hardware Configuration **URL:** \ **Category:** Ignition\ **Tags:** perspective\ **Created:** [July 25, 2024, 6:31am UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/advice-on-hardware-configuration/93729 "2024-07-25T06:31:01Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 1\ **Showing post:** 3
**Author:** ![pturmel](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/inductiveautomation/user_avatar/forum.inductiveautomation.com/pturmel/32/3295_2.png) [@pturmel](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/pturmel)\ **Post date:** [July 25, 2024, 12:28pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/advice-on-hardware-configuration/93729/3 "2024-07-25T12:28:06Z")
That sizing guide is somewhat old--Perspective hadn't existed long when it was published--and doesn't provide satisfactory advice for Perspective users, IMNSHO. It really is only good for Vision applications. See this for more robust advice: > [@Microsoft Virtual Machine Suggestion](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/microsoft-virtual-machine-suggestion/86787/5): > > After going through that sizing guide, I'd add another vCPU for every 4-8 Perspective clients (of pretty much any kind), a GB of gateway RAM for every 4-8 light-duty Perspective clients, and 2-4GB of gateway RAM for every heavy-duty Perspective client. "Light duty" would be single page Perspective apps running in Workstation, or Mobile, or single-tab browser sessions, displaying dashboards with real-time tags, up to an hour (-ish) of real-time trends, and pre-computed statistics for longer time… _ **Also** _, note that the sizing guides do _ **not** _ include database operations, but a system dedicated to just an Ignition gateway. (In production, databases should always be on separate systems, and sized for the quantity of data to be stored.) Edit: I just went back to see that the sizing guide has been updated for Cloud Edition, but still recommends client connections only suitable for Vision. It really needs to distinguish Vision clients from Perspective clients. Perspective clients put **way** more load on a gateway than Vision clients. --- _[View the full topic](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/advice-on-hardware-configuration/93729)._