# Virtual Machine Resources **URL:** \ **Category:** Ignition\ **Created:** [September 12, 2016, 9:27pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/virtual-machine-resources/12121 "2016-09-12T21:27:59Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 2\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![jlteel](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/c67d28/32.png) [@jlteel](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/jlteel)\ **Post date:** [September 12, 2016, 9:27pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/virtual-machine-resources/12121/1 "2016-09-12T21:27:59Z")
Can anyone give me some good recommendations for VM resources to ensure good performance of a new system? I’ll have about 50 devices connected to the gateway, and the VM will be VMWare with Windows Server 2012 host and guest OS. Thanks. ---
**Author:** ![Curlyandshemp](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/bcef8e/32.png) [@Curlyandshemp](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/Curlyandshemp)\ **Post date:** [September 13, 2016, 5:18pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/virtual-machine-resources/12121/2 "2016-09-13T17:18:18Z")
[quote=“jlteel”]Can anyone give me some good recommendations for VM resources to ensure good performance of a new system? I’ll have about 50 devices connected to the gateway, and the VM will be VMWare with Windows Server 2012 host and guest OS. Thanks.[/quote] This configuration worked well for me: 3 VMs 1 for Ignition Gateway 1 for MySQL database 1 for Ignition OPC-UA server each VM was configured with similar resources: [attachment=0]2016-09-13 13\_16\_00-Program Manager.png[/attachment]