# Will there be any performance hit because of using many MQTT nodes

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**Created:** [17 September 2018 09:35 UTC](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/will-there-be-any-performance-hit-because-of-using-many-mqtt-nodes/3204 "2018-09-17T09:35:11Z")\
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**Author:** ![ghayne](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex026/user_avatar/discourse.nodered.org/ghayne/32/39_2.png) [@ghayne](https://discourse.nodered.org/u/ghayne)\
**Post date:** [17 September 2018 12:52 UTC](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/will-there-be-any-performance-hit-because-of-using-many-mqtt-nodes/3204/12 "2018-09-17T12:52:28Z")

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OK, then you will have to scale gradually as suggested earlier by @cymplecy , I thought that you might also be interested in historical data too, which is why I suggested a database. Good luck!

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