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diff --git a/doc/install/requirements.md b/doc/install/requirements.md index d71b8f54630..34475f20486 100644 --- a/doc/install/requirements.md +++ b/doc/install/requirements.md @@ -1,11 +1,13 @@ -# Hardware +# Memory -We recommend you to run GitLab on a server with at least 1GB RAM. +We recommend you to run GitLab on a server with at least 1GB of RAM memory. You can use it with 512MB of memory but you need to setup unicorn to use only 1 worker and you need at least 200MB of swap. On a server with 1.5GB of memory you are able to support 1000+ users. -The necessary hard disk space largely depends on the size of the repos you want -to use GitLab with. But as a *rule of thumb* you should have at least as much -free space as your all repos combined take up. +# Hard disk capacity + +The necessary hard disk space largely depends on the size of the repos you want +to store in GitLab. But as a *rule of thumb* you should have at least twice as much +free space as your all repos combined take up. Apart from a local hard drive you can also mount a volume that supports the network file system (NFS) protocol. This volume mich be located on a file server, a network attached storage (NAS) device, a storage area network (SAN) or on an Amazon Web Services (AWS) Elastic Block Store (EBS) volume. # Operating Systems @@ -54,9 +56,3 @@ some work on your part. If you have troubles installing GitLab following the official installation guide or want to share your experience installing GitLab on a not officially supported platform, please follow the the contribution guide (see CONTRIBUTING.md). - - - -# Memory requirements - -To run GitLab without any changes you need 1GB of memory. You can use it with 512MB of memory but you need to setup unicorn to use only 1 worker and you need at least 200MB of swap. On a server with 1.5GB of memory you are able to support 1000+ users. |