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+| 09:30 | [Sustaining Git repo performance under heavy load](sessions/sustaining-git-repo-performance-under-heavy-load.md)
### Friday 11th October
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+# Sustain Git repo performance under heavy load
+
+Over time we've become accustomed to taking for granted that Source Code
+Management systems are always available. SCMs are a mission-critical part of any
+software-related business. When they don't work as expected, whole organizations
+come to a halt quicker than you would expect, therefore, efficient maintenance
+of such systems is crucial to success.
+
+Git repositories that are under heavy load quickly become inefficient or even
+inaccessible. This impacts client operations of all types (e.g.,
+git-upload-pack, git-receive-pack). Currently, the only countermeasures are a
+full GC or a geometric repacking, either time or metrics-based.
+
+As the repositories grow, running a full GC takes longer, is more expensive, and
+risks introducing additional workload at inopportune times (e.g., running GC
+during a burst of repository activity may bring nodes to a standstill). In this
+talk, we will introduce an AI-driven approach to maintaining the performance of
+busy Git repositories that undergo heavy workloads. The AI model will explore
+and learn different strategies, including partial repacking, bitmap
+regeneration, empty directory removals, and more, by evaluating its success
+using reinforcement learning.
+
+*[Daniele Sassoli, Senior Engineering Manager / GerritForge Inc.](../speakers.md#dsassoli)*
+
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# Gerrit User Summit 2024 - Speakers
+
+### Daniele Sassoli - GerritForge {#dsassoli}
+
+Daniele is a Senior Software Engineer with a long experience in highly scalable
+systems hosted in the cloud. As a member of the GerritForge team he has had the
+chance to design, mantain and improve high throughput multi-site installations.
+He also gets to learn from the team's wealth of experience in all things Gerrit
+and contribute to the long list of plugin's maintained by them.
+
+[LinkedIn](https://www.linkedin.com/in/danielesassoli/)
