Commit bdccf82b authored by Marcia Ramos's avatar Marcia Ramos

Merge branch 'docs/ssot_account_limit_settings' into 'master'

Edit account limit settings to comply with SSOT guidelines

See merge request gitlab-org/gitlab-ce!28532
parents 3625668b 61d54bc1
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# Account and limit settings
## Repository size limit **[STARTER]**
> [Introduced][ee-740] in [GitLab Enterprise Edition 8.12][ee-8.12].
> [Introduced](https://gitlab.com/gitlab-org/gitlab-ee/merge_requests/740) in [GitLab Enterprise Edition 8.12](https://about.gitlab.com/2016/09/22/gitlab-8-12-released/#limit-project-size-ee).
> Available in [GitLab Starter](https://about.gitlab.com/pricing/).
Repositories within your GitLab instance can grow quickly, especially if you are
using LFS. Their size can grow exponentially and eat up your storage device quite
fast.
using LFS. Their size can grow exponentially, rapidly consuming available storage.
In order to avoid this from happening, you can set a hard limit for your
repositories' size. This limit can be set globally, per group, or per project,
with per project limits taking the highest priority.
To avoid this from happening, you can set a hard limit for your repositories' size.
This limit can be set globally, per group, or per project, with per project limits
taking the highest priority.
There are numerous cases where you'll need to set up a limit for repository size.
There are numerous use cases where you might set up a limit for repository size.
For instance, consider the following workflow:
1. Your team develops apps which demand large files to be stored in
1. Your team develops apps which require large files to be stored in
the application repository.
1. Although you have enabled [Git LFS](../../../workflow/lfs/manage_large_binaries_with_git_lfs.html#git-lfs)
1. Although you have enabled [Git LFS](../../../workflow/lfs/manage_large_binaries_with_git_lfs.md#git-lfs)
to your project, your storage has grown significantly.
1. Before you blow your storage limit up, you set up a limit of 10 GB
1. Before you exceed available storage, you set up a limit of 10 GB
per repository.
### How it works
......@@ -42,12 +46,19 @@ subsequent push will be denied. LFS objects, however, can be checked on first
push and **will** be rejected if the sum of their sizes exceeds the maximum
allowed repository size.
For more manually purging the files, read the docs on
[reducing the repository size using Git][repo-size].
For details on manually purging files, see [reducing the repository size using Git](../../project/repository/reducing_the_repo_size_using_git.md).
NOTE: **Note:**
For GitLab.com, the repository size limit is 10 GB.
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[ee-740]: https://gitlab.com/gitlab-org/gitlab-ee/merge_requests/740
[repo-size]: ../../project/repository/reducing_the_repo_size_using_git.md
[ee-8.12]: https://about.gitlab.com/2016/09/22/gitlab-8-12-released/#limit-project-size-ee
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