Added memory requirements based on https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=5423851

Sytse Sijbrandij · Dmitriy Zaporozhets
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doc/install/requirements.md
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 If you have troubles installing GitLab following the official installation guide
 or want to share your experience installing GitLab on a not officially supported
 platform, please follow the the contribution guide (see CONTRIBUTING.md).
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+# Memory requirements
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+To run GitLab without any changes you need 1GB of memory. You can use it with 512MB of memory but you need to setup unicorn to use only 1 worker and you need at least 200MB of swap. On a server with 1.5GB of memory you are able to support 1000+ users.
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54	If you have troubles installing GitLab following the official installation guide	54	If you have troubles installing GitLab following the official installation guide
55	or want to share your experience installing GitLab on a not officially supported	55	or want to share your experience installing GitLab on a not officially supported
56	platform, please follow the the contribution guide (see CONTRIBUTING.md).	56	platform, please follow the the contribution guide (see CONTRIBUTING.md).
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		60	+# Memory requirements
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		62	+To run GitLab without any changes you need 1GB of memory. You can use it with 512MB of memory but you need to setup unicorn to use only 1 worker and you need at least 200MB of swap. On a server with 1.5GB of memory you are able to support 1000+ users.