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title: Optimize caching
description: Optimize caching to reduce origin load.
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# Optimize caching

The more content is cached, the fewer requests go back to your origin server (whether due to legitimate or illegitimate traffic).

A few ways to optimize Cloudflare caching include:

* Creating [cache rules](https://developers.cloudflare.com/cache/how-to/cache-rules/) to customize the cache properties of specific HTTP requests.
* Enabling the [Tiered Cache](https://developers.cloudflare.com/cache/how-to/tiered-cache/) feature, which dramatically increases cache hit ratios.
* Reviewing our other various [configuration options](https://developers.cloudflare.com/cache/get-started/), which may vary based on your plan and application setup.

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