> For the complete documentation index, see [llms.txt](https://competitions.gitbook.io/competition-docs/llms.txt). Markdown versions of documentation pages are available by appending `.md` to page URLs; this page is available as [Markdown](https://competitions.gitbook.io/competition-docs/performance/volume-control.md). # Volume Control {% hint style="warning" %} You need our Volume Control plugin installed {% endhint %} Performance Options is a feature that will help battle the resource intensity of Penny Prizes. This feature comes combined normally with the [Archiver](/competition-docs/performance/archiver.md) feature as they both solve the same issue which is to tackle various problems when a database is overloaded with orders. {% hint style="info" %} You will get increased max limit per order & max tickets overall with Volume Control enabled {% endhint %} ### How does it work? Once installed you will see a widget on every Edit Product page.
* Minimum tickets in 1 order - Prevents lots of low ticket orders * Maximum tickets in 1 order - Prevents 1000+ tickets in 1 order which can be resource intensive * Customers time limit - Spaces out frequent purchasers orders so they don't keep purchasing every few seconds which saves resources for other customers * Disable Add to Cart - Optional rarely used feature to hide Add to Cart incase of any issues * Queue Mode - A global counter based on the orders in the current minute, if above the threshold customers will be put in a very short queue which is used to create space between orders and stop the website crashing * Any Free Competitions can cause sudden spikes in orders so if there is an influx of free ticket orders that is holding back the processing queue which dispatches emails, instant rewards & other important functions it will temporarily disable the add to cart button only on the free competitions to protect the website from slowing down & still allowing paid orders to come through at the same time All these options are changeable by you however we do apply automatic limits on penny prizes and advise you to keep them. You can however remove them or disable performance options if you prefer. ### Queue Mode Queue mode will rarely come into action however when it does it stops customers accessing the checkout page and instead puts them in a short queue before redirecting them back to Checkout
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