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@@ -155,12 +155,6 @@ To **start**, run
 docker-compose -f ./docker/docker-compose.yml up 
 ```
 
-If you have a few thousand photos/videos, I suggest running docker-compose with *scaling* option for the `immich_server` container to handle high I/O load when using fast scrolling.
-
-```bash
-docker-compose -f ./docker/docker-compose.yml up --scale immich-server=5 
-```
-
 To *update* docker-compose with newest image (if you have started the docker-compose previously)
 
 ```bash