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authorYorick Peterse <yorickpeterse@gmail.com>2017-05-12 15:48:06 +0200
committerYorick Peterse <yorickpeterse@gmail.com>2017-05-12 15:48:06 +0200
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Link to a case where we can't support MySQLadd-problematic-mysql-examples
This updates the requirements guide to include a link to an issue where we discuss dropping MySQL support for nested groups. This should give users a better understanding of why we highly recommend them to use PostgreSQL instead. [ci skip]
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@@ -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