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Are you talking about GitLab self installed or the SaaS? GitLab.com is slow and we're working to improve that in https://gitlab.com/gitlab-org/gitlab-ce/issues

by sytse 9y ago

Are you talking about GitLab self installed or the SaaS? GitLab.com is slow and we're working to improve that in https://gitlab.com/gitlab-org/gitlab-ce/issues?scope=all&utf8=%E2%9C%93&state=all&label_name[]=performance https://gitlab.com/gitlab-org/gitlab-ce/issues?scope=all&utf... and https://gitlab.com/gitlab-com/infrastructure/issues/947 https://gitlab.com/gitlab-com/infrastructure/issues/947 GitLab self installed should be fast with enough memory. I don't know if Allura has a SaaS service.

fiatjaf 9y ago
Sorry, I'm talking about GitLab.com. I don't use it, but anytime I visit the site suffer so much with it that the experience makes me think the worst from GitLab in general.
- sytse 9y ago
  GitLab.com is not representative of the speed of GitLab self hosted. If anything it is making self hosted faster by surfacing scaling problems.
  - i-machine-learn 9y ago
    While that may be true, don't you see a marketing problem here? Most people would assume that Gitlab.com is representative of the speed and UX of Gitlab self hosted. It's almost like your demo site to be honest.
    - OJFord 9y ago
      Surely anyone considering self-hosting it would realise it's performance was going to depend on what they hosted it on? I don't think I would assume the free 'demo site' would be hosted on the beefiest offering available such that I could only do worse by self-hosting.
      - viraptor 9y ago
        Without actually trying it out in a self-hosted scenario (and this is a non-trivial time investment to do), you don't know if that situation is because of the scale or some constant factors. The slowness could be because of thousands of projects hosted, or because of stupid interaction with git which slows down every single page. Until you try it for yourself, it could be either. (it seems to be the former mostly)
      - chriswarbo 9y ago
        The load is probably more important than the server capabilities: I imagine gitlab.com is slow due to the sheer volume of access and the number of projects being hosted. Self-hosted instances aren't likely to a) allow random strangers to host stuff and b) attract a large population of such strangers.
    - viraptor 9y ago
      Agree on this one. I know that hosted GL works much better, yet I have to remind myself about that every time in discussions, because I mostly used the hosted version for private projects.
  - KallDrexx 9y ago
    My company tried to migrate to Gitlab.com and had to migrate back off after just a few days because of how awfully slow it is. It has soured our view even of the self-hosted option, and since we would probably need some of the EE features we don't really have a desire to try it out.
mappu 9y ago
> I don't know if Allura has a SaaS service. Sourceforge.net.
neves 9y ago
Installed.

by sytse 9y ago

fiatjaf 9y ago

Sorry, I'm talking about GitLab.com. I don't use it, but anytime I visit the site suffer so much with it that the experience makes me think the worst from GitLab in general.

sytse 9y ago
GitLab.com is not representative of the speed of GitLab self hosted. If anything it is making self hosted faster by surfacing scaling problems.
- i-machine-learn 9y ago
  While that may be true, don't you see a marketing problem here? Most people would assume that Gitlab.com is representative of the speed and UX of Gitlab self hosted. It's almost like your demo site to be honest.
  - OJFord 9y ago
    Surely anyone considering self-hosting it would realise it's performance was going to depend on what they hosted it on? I don't think I would assume the free 'demo site' would be hosted on the beefiest offering available such that I could only do worse by self-hosting.
    - viraptor 9y ago
      Without actually trying it out in a self-hosted scenario (and this is a non-trivial time investment to do), you don't know if that situation is because of the scale or some constant factors. The slowness could be because of thousands of projects hosted, or because of stupid interaction with git which slows down every single page. Until you try it for yourself, it could be either. (it seems to be the former mostly)
    - chriswarbo 9y ago
      The load is probably more important than the server capabilities: I imagine gitlab.com is slow due to the sheer volume of access and the number of projects being hosted. Self-hosted instances aren't likely to a) allow random strangers to host stuff and b) attract a large population of such strangers.
  - viraptor 9y ago
    Agree on this one. I know that hosted GL works much better, yet I have to remind myself about that every time in discussions, because I mostly used the hosted version for private projects.
- KallDrexx 9y ago
  My company tried to migrate to Gitlab.com and had to migrate back off after just a few days because of how awfully slow it is. It has soured our view even of the self-hosted option, and since we would probably need some of the EE features we don't really have a desire to try it out.

mappu 9y ago

> I don't know if Allura has a SaaS service. Sourceforge.net.

neves 9y ago

Installed.