From ec1a37875d2be29835d0ac165db22a19ca269e38 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Sytse Sijbrandij Date: Sat, 23 Mar 2013 15:56:29 +0100 Subject: [PATCH] Added memory requirements based on https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=5423851 --- doc/install/requirements.md | 6 ++++++ 1 file changed, 6 insertions(+) diff --git a/doc/install/requirements.md b/doc/install/requirements.md index ec5b013c..d71b8f54 100644 --- a/doc/install/requirements.md +++ b/doc/install/requirements.md @@ -54,3 +54,9 @@ 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.