# How much is big is node-red

**URL:** https://discourse.nodered.org/t/how-much-is-big-is-node-red/68950
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**Created:** [12 October 2022 21:22 UTC](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/how-much-is-big-is-node-red/68950 "2022-10-12T21:22:04Z")
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### Author: ![thebaldgeek](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex026/user_avatar/discourse.nodered.org/thebaldgeek/32/93523_2.png) [@thebaldgeek](https://discourse.nodered.org/u/thebaldgeek)
#### Post date: [18 October 2022 17:17 UTC](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/how-much-is-big-is-node-red/68950/14 "2022-10-18T17:17:43Z")

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In a past life I spent 18 years automating a hospital with PLC's etc.  
An important aspect that sets off major warning bells for me is the dashboard limitation of Node-RED.  
See this thread for a great insight on how it really only supports 2-3 users:

> [@How to make Dashboard webserver more robust?](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/how-to-make-dashboard-webserver-more-robust/61295/):
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> My users keep getting "Connection lost" message in the top right corner of the dashboard and shortly thereafter the site refreshes on them. [image] Node-RED Dashboard is here: [https://acars.adsbexchange.com/](https://acars.adsbexchange.com/) I have moved my site between data centers, the latter is the most robust that has hosted the site and I am still seeing the error. Seeing around 720 Gb of upload traffic every 24 hours. Is there any way I can find out how many people are connected at any one time? Whats the webserver t…

If running a few instances of Node-RED also helps address this limit, I have no idea how it could be built / made to work as one seamless dashboard.

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