Commit 408609a9 authored by Ben Bodenmiller's avatar Ben Bodenmiller Committed by Nick Thomas

Add storage shards wording

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> [Introduced][ce-4578] in GitLab 8.10. > [Introduced][ce-4578] in GitLab 8.10.
GitLab allows you to define multiple repository storage paths to distribute the GitLab allows you to define multiple repository storage paths (sometimes called
storage load between several mount points. storage shards) to distribute the storage load between several mount points.
> **Notes:** > **Notes:**
> >
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Two different storage layouts can be used Two different storage layouts can be used
to store the repositories on disk and their characteristics. to store the repositories on disk and their characteristics.
GitLab can be configured to use one or multiple repository shard locations GitLab can be configured to use one or multiple repository storage paths/shard
that can be: locations that can be:
- Mounted to the local disk - Mounted to the local disk
- Exposed as an NFS shared volume - Exposed as an NFS shared volume
...@@ -34,8 +34,8 @@ easy for Administrators to find where the repository is stored. ...@@ -34,8 +34,8 @@ easy for Administrators to find where the repository is stored.
On the other hand this has some drawbacks: On the other hand this has some drawbacks:
Storage location will concentrate huge amount of top-level namespaces. The Storage location will concentrate huge amount of top-level namespaces. The
impact can be reduced by the introduction of [multiple storage impact can be reduced by the introduction of
paths][storage-paths]. [multiple storage paths](repository_storage_paths.md).
Because backups are a snapshot of the same URL mapping, if you try to recover a Because backups are a snapshot of the same URL mapping, if you try to recover a
very old backup, you need to verify whether any project has taken the place of very old backup, you need to verify whether any project has taken the place of
...@@ -197,5 +197,4 @@ They are also S3 compatible since **10.0** (GitLab Premium), and available in Gi ...@@ -197,5 +197,4 @@ They are also S3 compatible since **10.0** (GitLab Premium), and available in Gi
[ce-2821]: https://gitlab.com/gitlab-com/infrastructure/issues/2821 [ce-2821]: https://gitlab.com/gitlab-com/infrastructure/issues/2821
[ce-28283]: https://gitlab.com/gitlab-org/gitlab-foss/issues/28283 [ce-28283]: https://gitlab.com/gitlab-org/gitlab-foss/issues/28283
[rake/migrate-to-hashed]: raketasks/storage.md#migrate-existing-projects-to-hashed-storage [rake/migrate-to-hashed]: raketasks/storage.md#migrate-existing-projects-to-hashed-storage
[storage-paths]: repository_storage_types.md
[gitaly]: gitaly/index.md [gitaly]: gitaly/index.md
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