I love GitLab for the CI/CD which is absolutely second to none.
But I have to second the resource usage - GitLab runs on beefier machines than our production database cluster. We are throwing everything at it, and performance still sucks. Both in terms of UI responsiveness and CI builders which are around 2-3 as slow as a local docker build.
For example, we have not yet seen a good enough reason to migrate our production database to use NVMe disks. But for GitLab server and CI builders - very much so (for a modest boost in performance).
But then again, I still think I get my money's worth.
But I have to second the resource usage - GitLab runs on beefier machines than our production database cluster. We are throwing everything at it, and performance still sucks. Both in terms of UI responsiveness and CI builders which are around 2-3 as slow as a local docker build.
For example, we have not yet seen a good enough reason to migrate our production database to use NVMe disks. But for GitLab server and CI builders - very much so (for a modest boost in performance).
But then again, I still think I get my money's worth.