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@AdamStuartSmith I had that problem with vanilla Mastodon for a bit when I first installed it. Any posts that got any sort of activity from anyone with a significant following would overwhelm my server for several minutes.

I solved that by setting up a #Varnish cache in front of my server. I don't use Mastodon anymore, but I still use the cache in front of my bespoke software (#Enigmatick). It works really well to take the load off of the core server for those fan-out posts. Varnish handles the load with aplomb.

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@AdamStuartSmith@sauropods.win I had that problem with vanilla Mastodon for a bit when I first installed it. Any posts that got any sort of activity from anyone with a significant following would overwhelm my server for several minutes.

I solved that by setting up a #Varnish cache in front of my server. I don't use Mastodon anymore, but I still use the cache in front of my bespoke software (#Enigmatick). It works really well to take the load off of the core server for those fan-out posts. Varnish handles the load with aplomb.