> I suppose it was because Redis had insufficient RAM for operation. Redis may be scalable toward large busy systems but seems less so in the other direction.

> I suppose it was because Redis had insufficient RAM for operation. Redis may be scalable toward large busy systems but seems less so in the other direction. This is a pretty weak conclusion to draw. Did you try running Redis on its own without Gitlab? If not, I would encourage you to try it out as it takes up much less RAM than you think. The Raspberry Pi is even a supported platform...