# Ignition Gateway Server

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**Category:** General Discussion\
**Created:** [February 8, 2023, 12:08pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/ignition-gateway-server/69575 "2023-02-08T12:08:48Z")\
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**Author:** ![R\_P](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/aca169/32.png) [@R\_P](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/R_P)\
**Post date:** [February 8, 2023, 12:08pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/ignition-gateway-server/69575/1 "2023-02-08T12:08:48Z")

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Hi All,  
I am planning to buy Ignition Gateway Server & Sql Server with below spec.

1. Dell  
Power Edge R450 Motherboard with Broadcom 5720 Dual  
Port 1GB On-Board LOM, Intel Xeon Silver 4309Y 2.8 G,  
8C/16T,10.4GT/s, 12M Cache, Turbo, HT(105W) DDR4-2666,  
RAID 1, Windows 2019 Standard, 16 CORE, Digitally Fulfilled  
Recovery image, Multi Language, Keyboard and Mouse

2. Microsoft Sql Server 2019 - Standard Edition - 2 core pack

Anybody has used sam config? Pls let us know feedback to move ahead

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**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:** [February 8, 2023, 12:30pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/ignition-gateway-server/69575/2 "2023-02-08T12:30:57Z")

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How much RAM will the Ignition Gateway have?

What hardware are you going to put the SQL Server on? How much storage will it have?

How many tags will your application have? And how many of those will be OPC tags? How many of these tags will be set up for history, and at what pace?

How many Vision clients will you be supporting?

How many Perspective clients will you be supporting?

What is the resolution and max time frame of the trends these clients will be displaying?

{ The Dell hardware is decent, as far as you've shown. Tech people I respect have low opinions of Broadcom Ethernet chipsets, fwiw. }

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**Author:** ![R\_P](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/aca169/32.png) [@R\_P](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/R_P)\
**Post date:** [February 8, 2023, 1:02pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/ignition-gateway-server/69575/3 "2023-02-08T13:02:50Z")

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Thanks for quick response. Pls find below spec. i m planning now for server as per tags requirement

How much RAM will the Ignition Gateway have? - `16 GB`

What hardware are you going to put the SQL Server on?  
`Intel® Xeon® Silver 4309Y 2.8G, 8C/16T, 10.4GT/s, 12M Cache, Turbo, HT (105W) DDR4-2666`

How much storage will it have? - `1.2 TB SAS HD`

How many tags will your application have? `5000 Tags`

And how many of those will be OPC tags? `2000 OPC UA` & `3000 AB/Siemens`

How many of these tags will be set up for history, and at what pace?`2000`

How many Vision clients will you be supporting?NA

How many Perspective clients will you be supporting? `12 Nos`

What is the resolution and max time frame of the trends these clients will be displaying? `15 min`

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**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:** [February 8, 2023, 1:09pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/ignition-gateway-server/69575/4 "2023-02-08T13:09:23Z")

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I'd get more RAM for both gateway and SQL server. 16GB is pretty thin for that number of Perspectve clients. I wouldn't get less than 64GB for each, and configure Ignition to have ~32GB. The rest looks fine.

I don't _ **ever** _ buy or deploy Microsoft software, but I wonder if you can install a 2-core SQL Server license on an 8-core machine. Might want to check on that. Or not use SQL Server (I wouldn't).