# 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:** [October 13, 2016, 7:17pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/optimizing-the-number-of-unicorns-and-buffer-size/51514 "2016-10-13T19:17:16Z")\
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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:** [October 26, 2017, 12:12am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/optimizing-the-number-of-unicorns-and-buffer-size/51514/10 "2017-10-26T00:12:50Z")

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Maybe, it depends how much traffic you have. 16 unicorns sitting around doing nothing and waiting for incoming requests would not get you much.

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