Commit 11fdf26d authored by Grzegorz Bizon's avatar Grzegorz Bizon

Improve CI/CD time decay blueprint and add a disclaimer

parent 6f763748
......@@ -20,7 +20,20 @@ builds [continues to grow exponentially](../ci_scale/index.md).
GitLab CI/CD has come a long way since the initial release, but the design of
the data storage for pipeline builds remains almost the same since 2012. In
2021 we started working on database decomposition and extracting CI/CD data to
a separate database.
ia separate database. Now we want to improve the architecture of GitLab CI/CD
product to enable further scaling.
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## Goals
......@@ -158,9 +171,9 @@ everyone to understand the vision described in this architectural blueprint.
### Removing pipeline data
While it might be tempting to simply remove old or archived data from our
databases this should be avoided. We should not permanently remove user data
unless consent is given to do so. We can, however, move data to a different
data store, like object storage.
databases this should be avoided. It is usually not desired to permanently
remove user data unless consent is given to do so. We can, however, move data
to a different data store, like object storage.
Archived data can still be needed sometimes (for example for compliance or
auditing reasons). We want to be able to retrieve this data if needed, as long
......@@ -208,7 +221,7 @@ All three tracks can be worked on in parallel:
## Status
In approval.
In progress.
## Who
......@@ -235,8 +248,8 @@ Domain experts:
| Area | Who
|------------------------------|------------------------|
| Verify / Pipeline processing | Fabio Pitino |
| Verify / Pipeline processing | Marius Bobin |
| Verify / Pipeline execution | Fabio Pitino |
| Verify / Pipeline execution | Marius Bobin |
| PostgreSQL Database | Andreas Brandl |
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