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| author | Yorick Peterse <yorickpeterse@gmail.com> | 2017-05-12 16:48:06 +0300 |
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| committer | Yorick Peterse <yorickpeterse@gmail.com> | 2017-05-12 16:48:06 +0300 |
| commit | cab734a80f32321cd4775bd73adcae9fddceb56b (patch) | |
| tree | 889aa5dccab8f98c29a54a79737551730817eebb /doc/install/requirements.md | |
| parent | 99f36c2ca69de17235eeab53f510753b6c1ae7c4 (diff) | |
Link to a case where we can't support MySQL
This updates the requirements guide to include a link to an issue where
we discuss dropping MySQL support for nested groups. This should give
users a better understanding of why we highly recommend them to use
PostgreSQL instead.
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Diffstat (limited to 'doc/install/requirements.md')
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1 files changed, 5 insertions, 2 deletions
diff --git a/doc/install/requirements.md b/doc/install/requirements.md index 148796b73d4..2e456557d77 100644 --- a/doc/install/requirements.md +++ b/doc/install/requirements.md @@ -126,8 +126,11 @@ We currently support the following databases: - MySQL/MariaDB We _highly_ recommend the use of PostgreSQL instead of MySQL/MariaDB as not all -features of GitLab may work with MySQL/MariaDB. Existing users using GitLab with -MySQL/MariaDB are advised to migrate to PostgreSQL instead. +features of GitLab may work with MySQL/MariaDB. For example, MySQL does not have +the right features to support nested groups in an efficient manner; see +<https://gitlab.com/gitlab-org/gitlab-ce/issues/30472> for more information +about this. Existing users using GitLab with MySQL/MariaDB are advised to +migrate to PostgreSQL instead. The server running the database should have _at least_ 5-10 GB of storage available, though the exact requirements depend on the size of the GitLab |