# Optimizing the number of Unicorns and buffer size

**URL:** https://meta.discourse.org/t/optimizing-the-number-of-unicorns-and-buffer-size/51514
**Category:** Self-hosting
**Tags:** server-resources
**Created:** [13 Outubro , 2016 19:17 UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/optimizing-the-number-of-unicorns-and-buffer-size/51514 "2016-10-13T19:17:16Z")
**Posts on this page:** 5
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### Author: ![SimeonGriggs](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/f6c823/32.png) [@SimeonGriggs](https://meta.discourse.org/u/SimeonGriggs)
#### Post date: [8 Junho , 2018 21:56 UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/optimizing-the-number-of-unicorns-and-buffer-size/51514/21 "2018-06-08T21:56:58Z")

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Oh right. Well I think I’d rather slow notifications than to lose the security/CDN benefits of Cloudflare.

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### Author: ![Falco](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/meta/user_avatar/meta.discourse.org/falco/32/179432_2.png) [@Falco](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Falco)
#### Post date: [8 Junho , 2018 22:31 UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/optimizing-the-number-of-unicorns-and-buffer-size/51514/22 "2018-06-08T22:31:22Z")

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![](https://global.discourse-cdn.com/meta/original/3X/e/e/eee89ed17764e828a91882348f7f8e399b8a6943.gif)

> [@Full site CDN acceleration for Discourse](https://meta.discourse.org/t/full-site-cdn-acceleration-for-discourse/21467):
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> [Fastly](http://www.fastly.com/) , [CloudFlare](https://www.cloudflare.com) and a few other CDNs offer a mode where they accelerate dynamic content. In a nutshell you point your domain IP address at the CDN and the CDN will intelligently decide how to deal with the request. Static content can be easily served from cache Dynamic content can be routed to the site. This provides some advantages over only shipping static assets which is covered in [the CDN howto](https://meta.discourse.org/t/enable-a-cdn-for-your-discourse/14857). You can elect for “[shielding](http://www.fastly.com/products/origin-shield/)” that protects your site from traffic spikes. Dynamic cont…

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### Author: ![ljpp](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/meta/user_avatar/meta.discourse.org/ljpp/32/96506_2.png) [@ljpp](https://meta.discourse.org/u/ljpp)
#### Post date: [9 Junho , 2018 06:40 UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/optimizing-the-number-of-unicorns-and-buffer-size/51514/23 "2018-06-09T06:40:10Z")

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That one needs a wildcard SSL certificate.

@simeon I serve couple of million pageviews per month using CloudFlare + Discourse. Disable Brotli and do not enable advanced acceleration methods (Railgun etc) and you should be good, for now,

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### Author: ![system](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/meta/user_avatar/meta.discourse.org/system/32/443519_2.png) [@system](https://meta.discourse.org/u/system)
#### Post date: [13 Dezembro , 2020 11:56 UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/optimizing-the-number-of-unicorns-and-buffer-size/51514/24 "2020-12-13T11:56:44Z")

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### Author: ![sam](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/meta/user_avatar/meta.discourse.org/sam/32/102149_2.png) [@sam](https://meta.discourse.org/u/sam)
#### Post date: [13 Dezembro , 2020 23:09 UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/optimizing-the-number-of-unicorns-and-buffer-size/51514/25 "2020-12-13T23:09:37Z")

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