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title: "Database"
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The Database team is focusing on the database-specific areas to enable GitLab
scale with increasing number of users and projects. This includes various
techniques including:

* Sharding at the application-level or with tools such as [Citus Data](https://www.citusdata.com/)
* Providing tools for the development team test migrations before they hit production
* Creating tools for online migrations requiring little or no downtime
* Providing monitoring for slow queries
* Tuning PostgreSQL and MySQL for optimal usage

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layout: markdown_page
title: "Database"
---

The Database team is focusing on the database-specific areas to enable GitLab
scale with increasing number of users and projects. This includes various
techniques including:

* Sharding at the application-level or with tools such as [Citus Data](https://www.citusdata.com/)
* Providing tools for the development team test migrations before they hit production
* Creating tools to enable online migrations that require little or no downtime
* Providing monitoring for slow queries
* Tuning PostgreSQL and MySQL for optimal usage

Improve wording on database team
Improve wording on database team
