# How much Memory/CPU for a HMI with sqlexpress

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**Category:** Ignition\
**Tags:** perspective\
**Created:** [December 2, 2025, 1:01pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/how-much-memory-cpu-for-a-hmi-with-sqlexpress/112563 "2025-12-02T13:01:06Z")\
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**Post date:** [December 2, 2025, 1:02pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/how-much-memory-cpu-for-a-hmi-with-sqlexpress/112563/2 "2025-12-02T13:02:19Z")

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Good general info here

[https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/microsoft-virtual-machine-suggestion/86787/5](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/microsoft-virtual-machine-suggestion/86787/5 "https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/microsoft-virtual-machine-suggestion/86787/5")

The biggest consideration is how many perspect clients will you have as the server bears the load (as opposed to vision where each clients resources are utlized to run their client).

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