The hardware that powers 100,000 git repositories

GitLab.com initially hosted its growing number of public and private repositories on Amazon's largest instance, but due to escalating costs and limitations in vertical scaling options, they transitioned to using their own servers, specifically reconditioned HP DL180 G6 models. These servers, equipped with 24 CPU cores and extensive storage capabilities, allowed GitLab.com to manage the demands of nearly 20,000 active users and over 100,000 repositories while offering a cost-effective solution for the bootstrapped company. The move away from AWS required implementing DRBD for failover capabilities between a primary and a backup server, ensuring continuity in case of server failure. Despite the current infrastructure's efficiency, future plans include returning to Amazon AWS to facilitate horizontal scaling and leverage the recently announced larger EBS volumes for easier data migration.

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