matteeyah
Joined 9 years ago
Joined 9 years ago
We're just getting started and we'd love to hear your feedback! [2]
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What problems are you hitting when installing GitLab on Kubernetes? You can always open an issue about it so it can be prioritized for fixing.
[1] - https://gitlab.com/gitlab-org/gitlab-ce/issues/29398
[2] - https://docs.gitlab.com/ee/user/project/clusters/#adding-an-...
You can open issues about specific complaints in [1] and [2].
A really interesting low-level component that we created and use in production is gitaly [4] (which is a git RPC component that aims to completely remove GitLab's dependency on NFS for repository access - and replace it with gitaly itself).
[1] - https://gitlab.com/gitlab-org/gitlab-ce/issues/4013
[2] - https://gitlab.com/gitlab-org/gitlab-ee/issues/4517
Full disclosure: I work for GitLab, but what I stated above has nothing to do with the fact, it's how I personally see GitLab as a product.
As for the differences compared to being on Azure. We don't have any definitive results right now. We'll have to wait for Monday so we can get more performance data. Most likely, we'll have a better image if and how performance changed in the middle of next week. That being said, we did observe an improvement in p95 response time for our web and api nodes - it's a roughly 30% to 40% reduction. We're working on a public monitoring page so you and the community can browse through these metrics at your own leisure.
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With regards to the Education program - it's now in full swing and available to everyone. You can apply via [4]. We sent out an automated email to let people know it was still in preparation some time ago. It should have been followed up with an email stating that it's fully functional too. Not sure why the university you work at didn't get the second one. Let me know if there's any holdups with your application after you apply through the linked form.
[1] - https://gitlab.com/gitlab-org/gitlab-ce/issues?scope=all&utf...
[2] - https://gitlab.com/gitlab-com/infrastructure/issues?scope=al...
[3] - https://gitlab.com/gitlab-com/infrastructure/issues?scope=al...
We're actively working on making sure GitLab.com is ready for mission-critical workloads. You can see a list of ongoing efforts in [1].
However, we're not quite there yet. At the moment, for mission-critical workloads we recommend self-hosting.
[1] - https://gitlab.com/gitlab-com/infrastructure/issues?scope=al...
Currently: Co-Founder @ OpTonal
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