# Precompiling assets takes 20 minutes

**URL:** <https://meta.discourse.org/t/precompiling-assets-takes-20-minutes/291156>\
**Category:** Self-hosting\
**Tags:** server-resources\
**Created:** [January 10, 2024, 10:13am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/precompiling-assets-takes-20-minutes/291156 "2024-01-10T10:13:59Z")\
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**Author:** ![Ed\_S](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/meta/user_avatar/meta.discourse.org/ed_s/32/134015_2.png) [@Ed\_S](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Ed_S)\
**Post date:** [January 10, 2024, 5:29pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/precompiling-assets-takes-20-minutes/291156/15 "2024-01-10T17:29:22Z")

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Interesting. Do you have the kernel settings as laid out in [MKJ’s Opinionated Discourse Deployment Configuration](https://meta.discourse.org/t/mkjs-opinionated-discourse-deployment-configuration/193355)?

> [@MKJ's Opinionated Discourse Deployment Configuration](https://meta.discourse.org/t/mkjs-opinionated-discourse-deployment-configuration/193355/1):
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> disabling transparent huge pages, and I also allow memory overcommit

(It’s always worthwhile to have swap, 2G or 4G or whatever free disk space will allow. I have minimal swap because I have minimal disk space.)

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