# Speed up BP and relay nodes

**URL:** <https://forum.cardano.org/t/speed-up-bp-and-relay-nodes/69423>\
**Category:** Operate a Stake Pool\
**Created:** [19 August 2021 08:22 UTC](https://forum.cardano.org/t/speed-up-bp-and-relay-nodes/69423 "2021-08-19T08:22:50Z")\
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**Author:** ![Chris.AXN](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/13edae/32.png) [@Chris.AXN](https://forum.cardano.org/u/Chris.AXN)\
**Post date:** [19 August 2021 08:22 UTC](https://forum.cardano.org/t/speed-up-bp-and-relay-nodes/69423/1 "2021-08-19T08:22:50Z")

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Hi guys, I was just wondering if we could start a thread or if someone could point me to some information to make sure the BP specifically is running optimally and what changes can be made to run a more efficient node.

After some googling no obvious results were found other than general server maintenance configurations and setups.

Thanks

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**Author:** ![Markus-VITAL](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex023/user_avatar/forum.cardano.org/markus-vital/32/31295_2.png) [@Markus-VITAL](https://forum.cardano.org/u/Markus-VITAL)\
**Post date:** [19 August 2021 09:10 UTC](https://forum.cardano.org/t/speed-up-bp-and-relay-nodes/69423/2 "2021-08-19T09:10:04Z")

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Maybe this is interesting for you: [No more missed slots (during epoch) after changing one setting](https://forum.cardano.org/t/no-more-missed-slots-during-epoch-after-changing-one-setting/67924)

Also this discusses some tuning potential: [Solving the Cardano node huge memory usage - done](https://forum.cardano.org/t/solving-the-cardano-node-huge-memory-usage-done/67032)

In general there is not much can can do about the software performance itself. You can just work on the Hardware (Cores, RAM, IO) or the Haskell Configuration.