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Adjust Sidekiq recommendations for 5k and less Reference Architectures

Nailia Iskhakova requested to merge docs-ref-arch-sidekiq-5k-and-less into master

What does this MR do?

Sidekiq is a very elastic component and its demands can vary notably depending on usage shape due to its queue like nature. By separating it into its own nodes it allows for much more flexibility for adjusting it without also having to impact rails. This is the case for all RAs except the 2k, where it lives with Rails and in turn will require Rails to also be scaled up if required.

Based on above the changes are the following:

  • 2k - Separate Sidekiq out of Rails into it's own box (1 4 vCPU).
  • 3k - Switch from 4 2 vCPU to 2 4 vCPU boxes to reduce maintenance overhead.
  • 5k - Switch from 4 2 vCPU to 2 4 vCPU boxes to reduce maintenance overhead.

Note: If a customer is running on an Reference Architecture today with no issues then there are no changes here that will apply to them. These adjustments are for existing customers where the environment is not performant for their use case and of course for new incoming customers.

Related issues

Adjust Sidekiq recommendations for 5k and less ... (gitlab-org/quality/reference-architectures#232 - closed)

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Edited by Nailia Iskhakova

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