Title: ms-files load time
Last modified: August 20, 2016

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# ms-files load time

 *  [Vikram](https://wordpress.org/support/users/gvix/)
 * (@gvix)
 * [14 years, 8 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/ms-files-load-time/)
 * Hi there,
 * I am trying to debug some irrational load on a multisite server. To try and debug
   this, I have installed the New Relic Software the analyze the issues when the
   load spikes happen.
 * One of the things that this software has immediately noted is that every one 
   minute, the wp-includes/ms-files.php takes an abnormal amount of time (> 20 s).
   I looked through this file, and all it seems to do is to retrieve an image file
   when requested by the a remote host.
 * I am not sure if this is the reason that I am seeing spikes on the server, but
   why would this file cause so long to load every one minute or so (for a different
   file in each case)? Any ideas and tips are very welcome!
 * Vikram

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 *  Moderator [Ipstenu (Mika Epstein)](https://wordpress.org/support/users/ipstenu/)
 * (@ipstenu)
 * 🏳️‍🌈 Advisor and Activist
 * [14 years, 8 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/ms-files-load-time/#post-2247983)
 * The ms-files calls come through a bit of htaccess magic. It’s possible your server’s
   not optimized well for that.
 *  Thread Starter [Vikram](https://wordpress.org/support/users/gvix/)
 * (@gvix)
 * [14 years, 8 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/ms-files-load-time/#post-2248108)
 * Thanks. What would I need to do to fix it? Can you point me in the right direction?
 *  Moderator [Ipstenu (Mika Epstein)](https://wordpress.org/support/users/ipstenu/)
 * (@ipstenu)
 * 🏳️‍🌈 Advisor and Activist
 * [14 years, 8 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/ms-files-load-time/#post-2248118)
 * What kind of server are you on? If it’s a VPS or a Dedicated Server, you can 
   do a lot more than a shared box.
 *  Thread Starter [Vikram](https://wordpress.org/support/users/gvix/)
 * (@gvix)
 * [14 years, 8 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/ms-files-load-time/#post-2248124)
 * It is a dedicated server.
 *  Moderator [Ipstenu (Mika Epstein)](https://wordpress.org/support/users/ipstenu/)
 * (@ipstenu)
 * 🏳️‍🌈 Advisor and Activist
 * [14 years, 8 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/ms-files-load-time/#post-2248161)
 * Awesome sauce! 😀 Okay, google for ‘Optimize apache for WordPress’ (or nginx 
   or IIS, depending on which one you’re using). There are tons of tutorials about
   how best to optimize your httpd.conf, for example.

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 * In: [Networking WordPress](https://wordpress.org/support/forum/multisite/)
 * 5 replies
 * 2 participants
 * Last reply from: [Ipstenu (Mika Epstein)](https://wordpress.org/support/users/ipstenu/)
 * Last activity: [14 years, 8 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/ms-files-load-time/#post-2248161)
 * Status: not resolved

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