# Optimizing the number of Unicorns and buffer size

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**Category:** Self-hosting\
**Tags:** server-resources\
**Created:** [13.Октябрь.2016 19:17:16 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:** ![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:** [26.Октябрь.2017 03:49:46 UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/optimizing-the-number-of-unicorns-and-buffer-size/51514/14 "2017-10-26T03:49:46Z")

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I am currently using 10 unicorns (IIRC) on my 6-core instance at UpCloud. This gets me above 400+ concurrents. We’ll see in February what it takes to choke this.

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