From 3d76a2e241349136001b7be736fb93dcaae85e28 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Emilie Schario <eburke@gitlab.com> Date: Sun, 11 Aug 2019 05:22:29 +0000 Subject: [PATCH] Update note regarding memory team Make clearer that the memory team is working to reduce the memory requirement --- doc/install/requirements.md | 5 +++-- 1 file changed, 3 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-) diff --git a/doc/install/requirements.md b/doc/install/requirements.md index 086f3b1b8431b..83a9e7fe294df 100644 --- a/doc/install/requirements.md +++ b/doc/install/requirements.md @@ -92,8 +92,9 @@ We recommend having at least [2GB of swap on your server](https://askubuntu.com/ enough available RAM. Having swap will help reduce the chance of errors occurring if your available memory changes. We also recommend [configuring the kernel's swappiness setting](https://askubuntu.com/a/103916) to a low value like `10` to make the most of your RAM while still having the swap -available when needed. -Our [Memory Team](https://about.gitlab.com/handbook/engineering/development/enablement/memory/) is actively working to reduce this requirement. +available when needed. + +Our [Memory Team](https://about.gitlab.com/handbook/engineering/development/enablement/memory/) is actively working to reduce the memory requirement. NOTE: **Note:** The 25 workers of Sidekiq will show up as separate processes in your process overview (such as `top` or `htop`) but they share the same RAM allocation since Sidekiq is a multithreaded application. Please see the section below about Unicorn workers for information about how many you need of those. -- GitLab