# Scalability of Node RED

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**Created:** [9 February 2021 05:19 UTC](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/scalability-of-node-red/40646 "2021-02-09T05:19:00Z")\
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**Post date:** [9 February 2021 07:47 UTC](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/scalability-of-node-red/40646/2 "2021-02-09T07:47:09Z")

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Hardware you plan on running on?  
"send data" how big are the records?

Best to just setup a test sending a few hundred and see how it goes.

This question has been asked allot. try searching for it.

[https://discourse.nodered.org/t/performance-scalability-and-security-evaluation/38049](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/performance-scalability-and-security-evaluation/38049)

[https://discourse.nodered.org/t/node-red-scalability/15938/2](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/node-red-scalability/15938/2)

[https://discourse.nodered.org/t/using-node-red-for-enterprise-software/40247/9](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/using-node-red-for-enterprise-software/40247/9)

I feel this question is allot like big data.  
"Big data is like teenage sex: everyone talks about it, nobody really knows how to do it, everyone thinks everyone else is doing it, so everyone claims they are doing it...." (Dan Ariely)

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