The hardware that powers 100,000 git repositories

This post details a significant shift in GitLab.com's hosting strategy, moving from Amazon's AWS to self-hosted hardware to manage costs and gain more control over performance. It highlights the specific hardware used (HP DL180 G6 servers with substantial cores, RAM, and storage) and the custom DRBD tooling developed for failover. It also foreshadows a future return to AWS for scalability.