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stage: Enablement
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group: Distribution
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info: To determine the technical writer assigned to the Stage/Group associated with this page, see https://about.gitlab.com/handbook/engineering/ux/technical-writing/#assignments
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# Reference architecture: up to 1,000 users **(FREE SELF)**
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This page describes GitLab reference architecture for up to 1,000 users. For a
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full list of reference architectures, see
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[Available reference architectures](index.md#available-reference-architectures).
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If you need to serve up to 1,000 users and you don't have strict availability
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requirements, a single-node solution with
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[frequent backups](index.md#automated-backups) is appropriate for
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many organizations .
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> - **Supported users (approximate):** 1,000
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> - **High Availability:** No. For a highly-available environment, you can
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> follow the [3K reference architecture](3k_users.md).
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| Users | Configuration | GCP | AWS | Azure |
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| Up to 500 | 4 vCPU, 3.6 GB memory | n1-highcpu-4 | `c5.xlarge` | F4s v2 |
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| Up to 1,000 | 8 vCPU, 7.2 GB memory | n1-highcpu-8 | `c5.2xlarge` | F8s v2 |
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The Google Cloud Platform (GCP) architectures were built and tested using the
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[Intel Xeon E5 v3 (Haswell)](https://cloud.google.com/compute/docs/cpu-platforms)
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CPU platform. On different hardware you may find that adjustments, either lower
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or higher, are required for your CPU or node counts. For more information, see
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our [Sysbench](https://github.com/akopytov/sysbench)-based
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[CPU benchmark](https://gitlab.com/gitlab-org/quality/performance/-/wikis/Reference-Architectures/GCP-CPU-Benchmarks).
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In addition to the stated configurations, we recommend having at least 2 GB of
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swap on your server, even if you currently have enough available memory. Having
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swap helps to reduce the chance of errors occurring if your available memory
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changes. We also recommend configuring the kernel's swappiness setting to a
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lower value (such as `10`) to make the most of your memory, while still having
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the swap available when needed.
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## Setup instructions
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To install GitLab for this default reference architecture, use the standard
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[installation instructions](../../install/README.md).
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You can also optionally configure GitLab to use an [external PostgreSQL service](../postgresql/external.md)
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or an [external object storage service](../object_storage.md) for added
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performance and reliability at an increased complexity cost.
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## Configure Advanced Search **(STARTER ONLY)**
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You can leverage Elasticsearch and [enable Advanced Search](../../integration/elasticsearch.md)
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for faster, more advanced code search across your entire GitLab instance.
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Elasticsearch cluster design and requirements are dependent on your specific
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data. For recommended best practices about how to set up your Elasticsearch
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cluster alongside your instance, read how to
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[choose the optimal cluster configuration](../../integration/elasticsearch.md#guidance-on-choosing-optimal-cluster-configuration).
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