# Workloads

When deploying Memgraph in production, it is essential to consider a set of
prerequisites to ensure optimal **performance**, **scalability** and
**resilience**. That includes decisions about hardware configurations and
integration strategies. 

This section provides guides that are the starting point to production-readiness
with Memgraph.

Before you dive into specific setups, it's important to think about:
- **Hardware requirements** and **instance sizing**
- **Driver configuration** 
- **Flags**  when starting Memgraph 
- **Data import** best practices
- Connecting to **external sources** 

These factors ensure Memgraph performs effectively in your environment, no
matter the use case.

## How to use these guides

**Start with the [Deployment best practices](https://memgraph.com/docs/deployment/best-practices)**. That
page covers the **best practices** that apply to most production deployments,
regardless of your workload type and are **agnostic to specific use cases**.
Each separate guide in the Workloads section focuses on a particular type of
workload or deployment scenario. At the beginning of each guide, you’ll learn
when that **use case** is a good fit for your needs and specific tailored
**recommendations**.

> **Warning**
>
> Recommendations in those guides **override** anything written in the general
> suggestions when there's a conflict, so always defer to the targeted guide when
> applicable.

## Available guides

Here are the currently available guides to help you deploy Memgraph effectively:

### [Memgraph in cybersecurity](https://memgraph.com/docs/deployment/workloads/memgraph-in-cybsersecurity)
Learn how to utilize memgraph across your cyber security network.

### [Memgraph in high-throughput workloads](https://memgraph.com/docs/deployment/workloads/memgraph-in-high-throughput-workloads)
Scale your write throughput while keeping up with fast-changing, high-velocity
graph data.

### [Memgraph in GraphRAG use cases](https://memgraph.com/docs/deployment/workloads/memgraph-in-graphrag)
Learn how to optimize Memgraph for Retrieval-Augmented Generation (RAG) systems
using graph data.

### [Memgraph in mission critical workloads](https://memgraph.com/docs/deployment/workloads/memgraph-in-mission-critical-workloads)
Learn how to configure Memgraph for high availability, strong consistency, and
fault tolerance in mission-critical production environments.

### [Memgraph in fraud detection](https://memgraph.com/docs/deployment/workloads/memgraph-in-fraud-detection)
Deploy Memgraph for real-time scoring, fraud ring discovery, and investigator workflows at scale.

### [Memgraph in supply chain](https://memgraph.com/docs/deployment/workloads/memgraph-in-supply-chain)
Use Memgraph for root-cause analysis, what‑if impact analysis, constraint-based pathfinding, and many more other use cases across your supply chain network.

## 🚧 Guides in construction
- Memgraph in transactional workloads
- Memgraph in analytical workloads
- Memgraph in mission critical workloads
- Memgraph in supply chain use cases

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