# Are two CPU cores better to run Discourse?

**URL:** <https://meta.discourse.org/t/are-two-cpu-cores-better-to-run-discourse/128976>\
**Category:** Self-hosting\
**Tags:** hosting\
**Created:** [September 19, 2019, 2:28am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/are-two-cpu-cores-better-to-run-discourse/128976 "2019-09-19T02:28:36Z")\
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**Author:** ![koltl](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/meta/user_avatar/meta.discourse.org/koltl/32/152166_2.png) [@koltl](https://meta.discourse.org/u/koltl)\
**Post date:** [September 19, 2019, 2:57am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/are-two-cpu-cores-better-to-run-discourse/128976/4 "2019-09-19T02:57:14Z")

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I am familiar with setting up Discourse and I am not expecting much traffic at all. I am aware of DigitalOcean’s plan but the package I am looking at is cheaper with more resources going through OVH which I trust more than DigitalOcean

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