From fc8bbf3b49ccd0e082c594167797f0b8eedf14a1 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Ben Bodenmiller <bbodenmiller@hotmail.com> Date: Tue, 7 Nov 2017 23:33:10 +0000 Subject: [PATCH] formatting cleanup, swamp details, unicorn defaults --- doc/install/requirements.md | 6 +++--- 1 file changed, 3 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-) diff --git a/doc/install/requirements.md b/doc/install/requirements.md index 7bf126eec5d51..baecf9455b095 100644 --- a/doc/install/requirements.md +++ b/doc/install/requirements.md @@ -80,13 +80,13 @@ errors during usage. - 256GB RAM supports up to 32,000 users - More users? Run it on [multiple application servers](https://about.gitlab.com/high-availability/) -We recommend having at least 2GB of swap on your server, even if you currently have +We recommend having at least [2GB of swap on your server](https://askubuntu.com/a/505344/310789), even if you currently have 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. -Notice: 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. +Notice: 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. ## Database @@ -146,7 +146,7 @@ So for a machine with 2 cores, 3 unicorn workers is ideal. For all machines that have 2GB and up we recommend a minimum of three unicorn workers. If you have a 1GB machine we recommend to configure only two Unicorn workers to prevent excessive swapping. -To change the Unicorn workers when you have the Omnibus package please see [the Unicorn settings in the Omnibus GitLab documentation](https://gitlab.com/gitlab-org/omnibus-gitlab/blob/master/doc/settings/unicorn.md#unicorn-settings). +To change the Unicorn workers when you have the Omnibus package (which defaults to the recommendation above) please see [the Unicorn settings in the Omnibus GitLab documentation](https://gitlab.com/gitlab-org/omnibus-gitlab/blob/master/doc/settings/unicorn.md#unicorn-settings). ## Redis and Sidekiq -- GitLab