# High load due to peak anonymous sessions, increase unicorn workers?

**URL:** <https://meta.discourse.org/t/high-load-due-to-peak-anonymous-sessions-increase-unicorn-workers/179102>\
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**Created:** [February 9, 2021, 6:19pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/high-load-due-to-peak-anonymous-sessions-increase-unicorn-workers/179102 "2021-02-09T18:19:12Z")\
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**Author:** ![Terrapop](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/ecd19e/32.png) [@Terrapop](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Terrapop)\
**Post date:** [February 9, 2021, 6:19pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/high-load-due-to-peak-anonymous-sessions-increase-unicorn-workers/179102/1 "2021-02-09T18:19:12Z")

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We just had peak traffic of approx 1,500 concurrent (mostly anonymous) users visiting a single page.

And the forum went into the mode, where the warning is displayed to all members concerning high load.

CPU-Optimized Digital Ocean Droplet

Dedicated CPU: 4 vCPUs  
RAM: 8 GB

Unicorn workers: 10

Given only approx. 50% of RAM and CPU are utilized would it help to increase unicorn workers for such peak traffic cases from anonymous visitors or not?

 ![image](https://global.discourse-cdn.com/meta/original/3X/0/4/04555e3fdc8a5e0d679818b3e6ee285ad4fb145a.png)

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