Commit 50ff6c22 authored by Nick Thomas's avatar Nick Thomas

Document elasticsearch sizing requirements

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you'll have the benefit of fast search response times and the advantage of two you'll have the benefit of fast search response times and the advantage of two
special searches: special searches:
- [Advance Global Search](../user/search/advanced_global_search.md) - [Advanced Global Search](../user/search/advanced_global_search.md)
- [Advanced Syntax Search](../user/search/advanced_search_syntax.md) - [Advanced Syntax Search](../user/search/advanced_search_syntax.md)
## Requirements ## Version Requirements
| GitLab version | Elasticsearch version | | GitLab version | Elasticsearch version |
| -------------- | --------------------- | | -------------- | --------------------- |
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You can follow the steps as described in the [official web site][install] or You can follow the steps as described in the [official web site][install] or
use the packages that are available for your OS. use the packages that are available for your OS.
## System Requirements
Elasticsearch requires additional resources in excess of those documented in the
[GitLab system requirements](../install/requirements.md). These will vary by
installation size, but you should ensure **at least** an additional 8 GiB of RAM
for each Elasticsearch node, per the [official guidelines](https://www.elastic.co/guide/en/elasticsearch/guide/current/hardware.html).
Storage requirements also vary based on installation side, but as a rule of
thumb, you should allocate the total size of your production database, **plus**
two-thirds of the total size of your git repositories. Efforts to reduce this
total are being tracked in this epic: [gitlab-org&153](https://gitlab.com/groups/gitlab-org/-/epics/153).
## Enabling Elasticsearch ## Enabling Elasticsearch
In order to enable Elasticsearch, you need to have admin access. Go to In order to enable Elasticsearch, you need to have admin access. Go to
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