# VPC Cold Start - current advice

**URL:** <https://forum.serverless.com/t/vpc-cold-start-current-advice/7562>\
**Category:** Serverless Framework\
**Tags:** aws, lambda\
**Created:** [March 4, 2019, 6:53pm UTC](https://forum.serverless.com/t/vpc-cold-start-current-advice/7562 "2019-03-04T18:53:23Z")\
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**Post date:** [March 4, 2019, 6:53pm UTC](https://forum.serverless.com/t/vpc-cold-start-current-advice/7562/1 "2019-03-04T18:53:23Z")

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Hi All

What is the current advice for lambda’s and vpc regarding cold starts? Since the cold start can take 10s, should one ideally avoid VPC if you have a latency sensitive service with very “bursty” traffic?