# Best configurations for speeding up standalone discourse

**URL:** <https://meta.discourse.org/t/best-configurations-for-speeding-up-standalone-discourse/162456>\
**Category:** Self-hosting\
**Tags:** server-resources\
**Created:** [August 30, 2020, 7:39am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/best-configurations-for-speeding-up-standalone-discourse/162456 "2020-08-30T07:39:37Z")\
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**Author:** ![RGJ](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/meta/user_avatar/meta.discourse.org/rgj/32/523185_2.png) [@RGJ](https://meta.discourse.org/u/RGJ)\
**Post date:** [August 31, 2020, 3:58pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/best-configurations-for-speeding-up-standalone-discourse/162456/9 "2020-08-31T15:58:09Z")

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I disagree with @marianord. I don’t think that a CDN would make a noticeable difference with respect to the load on your server.  
These are just static files and they are not heavy to serve at all.

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