# How many SQL queries/sec is too much in Ignition? **URL:** \ **Category:** Ignition\ **Tags:** perspective\ **Created:** [November 24, 2025, 4:37pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/how-many-sql-queries-sec-is-too-much-in-ignition/112395 "2025-11-24T16:37:05Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 5\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Alfredo\_Ramos1](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/c37758/32.png) [@Alfredo\_Ramos1](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/Alfredo_Ramos1)\ **Post date:** [November 24, 2025, 4:37pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/how-many-sql-queries-sec-is-too-much-in-ignition/112395/1 "2025-11-24T16:37:05Z")
I’m seeing around **35–40 queries/sec** and I want to know if that’s considered normal or if it usually indicates a performance issue. Thanks. ---
**Author:** ![paul-griffith](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/inductiveautomation/user_avatar/forum.inductiveautomation.com/paul-griffith/32/37249_2.png) [@paul-griffith](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/paul-griffith)\ **Post date:** [November 24, 2025, 5:08pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/how-many-sql-queries-sec-is-too-much-in-ignition/112395/2 "2025-11-24T17:08:33Z")
Why would lots of queries indicate a performance issue? Lots of queries per second indicates just that - lots of queries per second. If the queries are taking _a long time_, then that could indicate a performance issue (on the DB), or more likely a single query against a particular table being un-optimized due to query structure/lack of indexing/etc. But "lots of queries" by itself is not a diagnostic criteria of anything other than perhaps a project that _could_ be restructured. As the saying goes: > [Premature optimization is the root of all evil](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Program_optimization#When_to_optimize) ---
**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:** [November 24, 2025, 5:15pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/how-many-sql-queries-sec-is-too-much-in-ignition/112395/3 "2025-11-24T17:15:59Z")
The only time I determined queries-per-second to be an issue is a case where a developer put queries tags in a bunch of UDTs. With the default tag group. Oy! Other than that, what Paul said. ---
**Author:** ![Alfredo\_Ramos1](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/c37758/32.png) [@Alfredo\_Ramos1](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/Alfredo_Ramos1)\ **Post date:** [January 28, 2026, 12:11am UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/how-many-sql-queries-sec-is-too-much-in-ignition/112395/4 "2026-01-28T00:11:39Z")
Thank you pturmel ---
**Author:** ![Alfredo\_Ramos1](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/c37758/32.png) [@Alfredo\_Ramos1](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/Alfredo_Ramos1)\ **Post date:** [January 28, 2026, 12:54am UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/how-many-sql-queries-sec-is-too-much-in-ignition/112395/5 "2026-01-28T00:54:02Z")
Thank you Paul