# Optimizations for tons of inbound

**URL:** https://meta.discourse.org/t/optimizations-for-tons-of-inbound/69238
**Category:** Self-hosting
**Tags:** hosting
**Created:** [September 2, 2017, 4:03am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/optimizations-for-tons-of-inbound/69238 "2017-09-02T04:03:57Z")
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### Author: ![8BIT](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/meta/user_avatar/meta.discourse.org/8bit/32/76872_2.png) [@8BIT](https://meta.discourse.org/u/8BIT)
#### Post date: [September 2, 2017, 4:03am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/optimizations-for-tons-of-inbound/69238/1 "2017-09-02T04:03:57Z")

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having some trouble with ruby apparently. when this happens:

 ![37 PM](https://global.discourse-cdn.com/meta/original/3X/1/b/1b3e25f3cc66b89f5891d3145a7251e57ed8dc99.png)

this happens:

 ![43 PM](https://global.discourse-cdn.com/meta/original/3X/3/9/391b81ff88dec999b343e03352cdea630b0a65c2.png)

and everything goes 💣. before i go exploring options myself, any thoughts?

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### Author: ![codinghorror](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/meta/user_avatar/meta.discourse.org/codinghorror/32/110067_2.png) [@codinghorror](https://meta.discourse.org/u/codinghorror)
#### Post date: [September 2, 2017, 4:36am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/optimizations-for-tons-of-inbound/69238/2 "2017-09-02T04:36:33Z")

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Unlikely that CPU is a problem since you mentioned you had an 8 core or more CPU on that server? Step zero is to set up a CDN so a bunch of the requests for static assets never even hit your server.