diff --git a/resources/graphs/default.graphml b/resources/graphs/default.graphml
index ce84579df..4b17bf6c6 100644
--- a/resources/graphs/default.graphml
+++ b/resources/graphs/default.graphml
@@ -15,12 +15,14 @@
   <key id="channel_open"    attr.name="channel_open"     attr.type="string"   for="edge" />
   <key id="source_policy"   attr.name="source_policy"    attr.type="string"   for="edge" />
   <key id="target_policy"   attr.name="target_policy"    attr.type="string"   for="edge" />
+  <key id="profile"         attr.name="profile"          attr.type="string"   for="edge" />
   <graph edgedefault="directed">
     <node id="0">
         <data key="version">27.0</data>
         <data key="bitcoin_config">-uacomment=w0</data>
         <data key="exporter">true</data>
         <data key="collect_logs">true</data>
+        <data key="profile">laptop</data>
     </node>
     <node id="1">
         <data key="version">27.0</data>
diff --git a/src/warnet/backend/kubernetes_backend.py b/src/warnet/backend/kubernetes_backend.py
index f8821888d..5bba425c3 100644
--- a/src/warnet/backend/kubernetes_backend.py
+++ b/src/warnet/backend/kubernetes_backend.py
@@ -20,6 +20,7 @@
 from warnet.status import RunningStatus
 from warnet.tank import Tank
 from warnet.utils import parse_raw_messages
+from warnet.resources import resource_profiles
 
 DOCKER_REGISTRY_CORE = "bitcoindevproject/bitcoin"
 LOCAL_REGISTRY = "warnet/bitcoin-core"
@@ -384,6 +385,7 @@ def create_bitcoind_container(self, tank: Tank) -> client.V1Container:
         bitcoind_options = tank.get_bitcoin_conf(peers)
         container_env = [client.V1EnvVar(name="BITCOIN_ARGS", value=bitcoind_options)]
 
+        resources = resource_profiles[tank.profile]
         bitcoind_container = client.V1Container(
             name=container_name,
             image=container_image,
@@ -406,6 +408,10 @@ def create_bitcoind_container(self, tank: Tank) -> client.V1Container:
                 privileged=True,
                 capabilities=client.V1Capabilities(add=["NET_ADMIN", "NET_RAW"]),
             ),
+            resources=client.V1ResourceRequirements(
+                requests=resources["requests"],
+                limits=resources["limits"],
+            ),
         )
         self.log.debug(
             f"Created bitcoind container for tank {tank.index} using {bitcoind_options=:}"
diff --git a/src/warnet/cli/graph.py b/src/warnet/cli/graph.py
index 45128d603..da0fb9a8b 100644
--- a/src/warnet/cli/graph.py
+++ b/src/warnet/cli/graph.py
@@ -25,6 +25,7 @@ def create(number: int, outfile: Path, version: str, bitcoin_conf: Path, random:
     Returns XML file as string with or without --outfile option
     """
     graph = create_cycle_graph(number, version, bitcoin_conf, random)
+    validate_graph_schema(graph)
 
     if outfile:
         file_path = Path(outfile)
diff --git a/src/warnet/graph_schema.json b/src/warnet/graph_schema.json
index ac1f7aa9f..744da6aa0 100644
--- a/src/warnet/graph_schema.json
+++ b/src/warnet/graph_schema.json
@@ -55,7 +55,11 @@
         "comment": "Specify a lnd Circuit Breaker image from Dockerhub with the format repository/image:tag"},
       "ln_config": {
         "type": "string",
-        "comment": "A string of arguments for the lightning network node in command-line format, e.g. '--protocol.wumbo-channels --bitcoin.timelockdelta=80'"}
+        "comment": "A string of arguments for the lightning network node in command-line format, e.g. '--protocol.wumbo-channels --bitcoin.timelockdelta=80'"},
+      "profile": {
+        "type": "string",
+        "default": "default",
+        "comment": "A resource profile for the node'"}
     },
     "additionalProperties": false,
     "oneOf": [
diff --git a/src/warnet/resources.py b/src/warnet/resources.py
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..e09307b8f
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/warnet/resources.py
@@ -0,0 +1,23 @@
+# node resource profile presets
+resource_profiles = {
+    "default": {
+        "requests": {"cpu": "500m", "memory": "500Mi"},
+        "limits": {"cpu": "1000m", "memory": "1500Mi"},
+    },
+    "raspberry_pi": {
+        "requests": {"cpu": "100m", "memory": "128Mi"},
+        "limits": {"cpu": "400m", "memory": "512Mi"},
+    },
+    "laptop": {
+        "requests": {"cpu": "500m", "memory": "1Gi"},
+        "limits": {"cpu": "2000m", "memory": "4Gi"},
+    },
+    "desktop": {
+        "requests": {"cpu": "1000m", "memory": "2Gi"},
+        "limits": {"cpu": "4000m", "memory": "8Gi"},
+    },
+    "server": {
+        "requests": {"cpu": "2000m", "memory": "4Gi"},
+        "limits": {"cpu": "8000m", "memory": "16Gi"},
+    },
+}
diff --git a/src/warnet/tank.py b/src/warnet/tank.py
index ac04d3f70..43d37b3e4 100644
--- a/src/warnet/tank.py
+++ b/src/warnet/tank.py
@@ -46,11 +46,13 @@ def __init__(self, index: int, warnet):
         self.bitcoin_network = warnet.bitcoin_network
         self.version: str = ""
         self.image: str = ""
+        self.profile: str = "default"
         self.bitcoin_config = ""
         self.netem = None
         self.exporter = False
         self.metrics = None
         self.collect_logs = False
+        self.resource_profile = "default"
         self.build_args = ""
         self.lnnode: LNNode | None = None
         self.rpc_port = 18443
diff --git a/src/warnet/utils.py b/src/warnet/utils.py
index 23dad566b..a4a2133a6 100644
--- a/src/warnet/utils.py
+++ b/src/warnet/utils.py
@@ -435,6 +435,7 @@ def create_cycle_graph(n: int, version: str, bitcoin_conf: str | None, random_ve
         graph.nodes[node]["build_args"] = ""
         graph.nodes[node]["exporter"] = False
         graph.nodes[node]["collect_logs"] = False
+        graph.nodes[node]["profile"] = "default"
 
     convert_unsupported_attributes(graph)
     return graph