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| author | Sid Sijbrandij <sytse@gitlab.com> | 2017-05-12 23:20:48 +0000 |
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| committer | Sid Sijbrandij <sytse@gitlab.com> | 2017-05-12 23:20:48 +0000 |
| commit | bbaad50b89a996fade0b0c1a888fb8db6b27b853 (patch) | |
| tree | b16fa8db7edb08d86871834206e1e1efd4757ee7 | |
| parent | 8b17fb61b61b1f9707428c2333db2de29c4d3bcf (diff) | |
| parent | cab734a80f32321cd4775bd73adcae9fddceb56b (diff) | |
| download | gitlab-ce-bbaad50b89a996fade0b0c1a888fb8db6b27b853.tar.gz | |
Merge branch 'add-problematic-mysql-examples' into 'master'
Link to a case where we can't support MySQL
Closes #32181
See merge request !11334
| -rw-r--r-- | doc/install/requirements.md | 7 |
1 files changed, 5 insertions, 2 deletions
diff --git a/doc/install/requirements.md b/doc/install/requirements.md index 148796b73d4..2e456557d77 100644 --- a/doc/install/requirements.md +++ b/doc/install/requirements.md @@ -126,8 +126,11 @@ We currently support the following databases: - MySQL/MariaDB We _highly_ recommend the use of PostgreSQL instead of MySQL/MariaDB as not all -features of GitLab may work with MySQL/MariaDB. Existing users using GitLab with -MySQL/MariaDB are advised to migrate to PostgreSQL instead. +features of GitLab may work with MySQL/MariaDB. For example, MySQL does not have +the right features to support nested groups in an efficient manner; see +<https://gitlab.com/gitlab-org/gitlab-ce/issues/30472> for more information +about this. Existing users using GitLab with MySQL/MariaDB are advised to +migrate to PostgreSQL instead. The server running the database should have _at least_ 5-10 GB of storage available, though the exact requirements depend on the size of the GitLab |