From 4f433e796aca1c4e13b40d373e0bb26e46d7f8fd Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Marcia Ramos Date: Tue, 26 Jul 2016 11:27:15 +0000 Subject: [PATCH 1/3] add short description and use-cases --- doc/gitlab-geo/README.md | 19 +++++++++++++++++++ 1 file changed, 19 insertions(+) diff --git a/doc/gitlab-geo/README.md b/doc/gitlab-geo/README.md index 83535c3ef09303..e37cd0829a58b3 100644 --- a/doc/gitlab-geo/README.md +++ b/doc/gitlab-geo/README.md @@ -1,3 +1,22 @@ +---- + +## What is GitLab Geo about? + +With this feature you can have a geographically replicated GitLab instance +that mirrors the main source. + +## Use-cases + +- Can be used as a disaster recovery system +- Can be used for cloning and fetching projects, in addition to +reading any data +- There is only one primary server that does all the writing operations, though +customers can have as many secondary servers as they want +- Overcomes slow connection between distant offices, saving time by +improving speed for distributed teams + +---- + # GitLab Geo > **Note:** -- GitLab From a34924329845f79c0e120bc2509646f3b57b5de9 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Marcia Ramos Date: Tue, 26 Jul 2016 11:44:12 +0000 Subject: [PATCH 2/3] better use-cases --- doc/gitlab-geo/README.md | 10 +++++----- 1 file changed, 5 insertions(+), 5 deletions(-) diff --git a/doc/gitlab-geo/README.md b/doc/gitlab-geo/README.md index e37cd0829a58b3..8a3e2362daae90 100644 --- a/doc/gitlab-geo/README.md +++ b/doc/gitlab-geo/README.md @@ -6,14 +6,14 @@ With this feature you can have a geographically replicated GitLab instance that mirrors the main source. ## Use-cases - + - Can be used as a disaster recovery system -- Can be used for cloning and fetching projects, in addition to -reading any data -- There is only one primary server that does all the writing operations, though -customers can have as many secondary servers as they want +- Can be used for cloning and fetching projects, in addition +to reading any data - Overcomes slow connection between distant offices, saving time by improving speed for distributed teams +- Helps reducing the loading time for automated tasks, +custom integrations and internal workflows ---- -- GitLab From fa83ad3a483448c53fcda55dc92cd6603bbc3c16 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Marcia Ramos Date: Thu, 18 Aug 2016 02:10:40 +0000 Subject: [PATCH 3/3] adjustments based on https://gitlab.com/gitlab-com/marketing/issues/336#note_13718538 --- doc/gitlab-geo/README.md | 33 +++++++++++++++------------------ 1 file changed, 15 insertions(+), 18 deletions(-) diff --git a/doc/gitlab-geo/README.md b/doc/gitlab-geo/README.md index 8a3e2362daae90..61934998ba908e 100644 --- a/doc/gitlab-geo/README.md +++ b/doc/gitlab-geo/README.md @@ -1,21 +1,3 @@ ----- - -## What is GitLab Geo about? - -With this feature you can have a geographically replicated GitLab instance -that mirrors the main source. - -## Use-cases - -- Can be used as a disaster recovery system -- Can be used for cloning and fetching projects, in addition -to reading any data -- Overcomes slow connection between distant offices, saving time by -improving speed for distributed teams -- Helps reducing the loading time for automated tasks, -custom integrations and internal workflows - ----- # GitLab Geo @@ -42,6 +24,21 @@ locations as a read-only fully operational version. ## Overview + +With this feature you can have a geographically replicated GitLab instance +that mirrors the main source. + +## Use-cases + +- Can be used as a disaster recovery system +- Can be used for cloning and fetching projects, in addition +to reading any data +- Overcomes slow connection between distant offices, saving time by +improving speed for distributed teams +- Helps reducing the loading time for automated tasks, +custom integrations and internal workflows + +## Description If you have two or more teams geographically spread out, but your GitLab instance is in a single location, fetching large repositories can take a long -- GitLab