From 9b6f0629a3d5864552ef2dd15f02dc4663d43a8b Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: bobjwalker Date: Fri, 13 Oct 2023 11:19:40 -0500 Subject: [PATCH 1/5] Initial Check-in for the new task cap page --- src/pages/docs/octopus-cloud/task-cap.md | 106 +++++++++++++++++++++++ 1 file changed, 106 insertions(+) create mode 100644 src/pages/docs/octopus-cloud/task-cap.md diff --git a/src/pages/docs/octopus-cloud/task-cap.md b/src/pages/docs/octopus-cloud/task-cap.md new file mode 100644 index 0000000000..565e6c7281 --- /dev/null +++ b/src/pages/docs/octopus-cloud/task-cap.md @@ -0,0 +1,106 @@ +--- +layout: src/layouts/Default.astro +pubDate: 2023-01-01 +modDate: 2023-01-01 +title: Octopus Cloud Task Cap +navOrder: 60 +description: How to increase the task cap on an Octopus Cloud Instance. +--- + +Every Octopus Deploy instance has a task cap. The task cap is the number of concurrent tasks an instance can run. A task can be: + +- Deployments +- Runbook run +- Retention Policies +- Health Checks +- Let’s Encrypt +- Process triggers +- Process subscriptions +- Script console run +- Sync built-in package repository +- Sync community library step-templates +- Tentacle upgrade +- Upgrade calamari +- Active Directory sync + +The most common tasks are deployments and runbook runs. + +The default task cap for Octopus Cloud instances is based on the license tier: +- Community: 5 +- Professional: 5 +- Enterprise: 20 + +## Increasing the Task Cap +Self-hosted customers can change their instance's task cap via the Octopus Deploy UI. That is because self-hosted customers take on the responsibility of hosting their instance and allocating resources. They pay any additional hosting fees to their cloud providers. + +Octopus Cloud provides the following Task Cap options: +- Community: 5 +- Professional: 5, 10, 20 +- Enterprise: 20, 40, 80, 160 + +**Please note:** If you need a task cap higher than 160 please reach out to sales@octopus.com to discuss your use case. These options are meant to cover 99% of common use cases. + +Deployments and runbook runs are computationally expensive. More concurrent deployments and runbook runs requires more resources from the Cloud Platform. As such, increasing the task cap increases your platform fee. + +You can increase the task cap on your instance by contacting sales@octopus.com. They will provide you with the latest fees and discuss options. + +**Important:** For task cap below 160, those are the only options we offer. We won't allow an instance to have a task cap between the above options. For example, no Octopus Cloud instance can have a task cap of 15, 34, 45, or 68. + +## How to choose a task cap +We recommend the number of deployments required for a production deployment. Deployments and runbook runs are the most common tasks. Deployments typically take longer than runbook runs. Production deployments are time constrained. They are done off-hours during an outage window. + +**Important:** These tables represent the _MAX_ number of deployments. Additional tasks such as runbook runs, retention policies, or health checks can reduce the number. Use these tables as guidelines. + +### Task Cap 5 +| Deployment Window | 10 Minute Deployments | 15 Minute Deployments | 30 Minute Deployments | +| ----------------- | --------------------- | --------------------- | --------------------- | +| 2 Hours | 60 Deployments | 40 Deployments | 20 Deployments | +| 4 Hours | 120 Deployments | 80 Deployments | 40 Deployments | +| 8 Hours | 240 Deployments | 160 Deployments | 80 Deployments | +| 16 Hours | 480 Deployments | 320 Deployments | 160 Deployments | +| 24 Hours | 720 Deployments | 480 Deployments | 320 Deployments | + +### Task Cap 10 +| Deployment Window | 10 Minute Deployments | 15 Minute Deployments | 30 Minute Deployments | +| ----------------- | --------------------- | --------------------- | --------------------- | +| 2 Hours | 120 Deployments | 80 Deployments | 40 Deployments | +| 4 Hours | 240 Deployments | 160 Deployments | 80 Deployments | +| 8 Hours | 480 Deployments | 320 Deployments | 160 Deployments | +| 16 Hours | 960 Deployments | 640 Deployments | 320 Deployments | +| 24 Hours | 1,440 Deployments | 960 Deployments | 640 Deployments | + +### Task Cap 20 +| Deployment Window | 10 Minute Deployments | 15 Minute Deployments | 30 Minute Deployments | +| ----------------- | --------------------- | --------------------- | --------------------- | +| 2 Hours | 240 Deployments | 160 Deployments | 80 Deployments | +| 4 Hours | 480 Deployments | 320 Deployments | 160 Deployments | +| 8 Hours | 960 Deployments | 640 Deployments | 320 Deployments | +| 16 Hours | 1,920 Deployments | 1,280 Deployments | 640 Deployments | +| 24 Hours | 2,880 Deployments | 1,920 Deployments | 960 Deployments | + +### Task Cap 40 +| Deployment Window | 10 Minute Deployments | 15 Minute Deployments | 30 Minute Deployments | +| ----------------- | --------------------- | --------------------- | --------------------- | +| 2 Hours | 480 Deployments | 320 Deployments | 160 Deployments | +| 4 Hours | 960 Deployments | 640 Deployments | 320 Deployments | +| 8 Hours | 1,920 Deployments | 1,280 Deployments | 640 Deployments | +| 16 Hours | 3,840 Deployments | 2,560 Deployments | 1,280 Deployments | +| 24 Hours | 5,760 Deployments | 3,840 Deployments | 1,920 Deployments | + +### Task Cap 80 +| Deployment Window | 10 Minute Deployments | 15 Minute Deployments | 30 Minute Deployments | +| ----------------- | --------------------- | --------------------- | --------------------- | +| 2 Hours | 960 Deployments | 640 Deployments | 320 Deployments | +| 4 Hours | 1,920 Deployments | 1,280 Deployments | 640 Deployments | +| 8 Hours | 3,840 Deployments | 2,560 Deployments | 1,280 Deployments | +| 16 Hours | 7,680 Deployments | 5,120 Deployments | 2,560 Deployments | +| 24 Hours | 11,520 Deployments | 7,680 Deployments | 3,840 Deployments | + +### Task Cap 160 +| Deployment Window | 10 Minute Deployments | 15 Minute Deployments | 30 Minute Deployments | +| ----------------- | --------------------- | --------------------- | --------------------- | +| 2 Hours | 1,920 Deployments | 1,280 Deployments | 640 Deployments | +| 4 Hours | 3,840 Deployments | 2,560 Deployments | 1,280 Deployments | +| 8 Hours | 7,680 Deployments | 5,120 Deployments | 2,560 Deployments | +| 16 Hours | 15,360 Deployments | 10,240 Deployments | 5,120 Deployments | +| 24 Hours | 23,040 Deployments | 15,360 Deployments | 7,680 Deployments | \ No newline at end of file From 6359c8591c1f67f158f8a6e777b372cc931f8c23 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: bobjwalker Date: Fri, 13 Oct 2023 15:00:12 -0500 Subject: [PATCH 2/5] Updated the task cap limit message --- src/pages/docs/octopus-cloud/task-cap.md | 2 +- 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-) diff --git a/src/pages/docs/octopus-cloud/task-cap.md b/src/pages/docs/octopus-cloud/task-cap.md index 565e6c7281..cd91df8018 100644 --- a/src/pages/docs/octopus-cloud/task-cap.md +++ b/src/pages/docs/octopus-cloud/task-cap.md @@ -44,7 +44,7 @@ Deployments and runbook runs are computationally expensive. More concurrent dep You can increase the task cap on your instance by contacting sales@octopus.com. They will provide you with the latest fees and discuss options. -**Important:** For task cap below 160, those are the only options we offer. We won't allow an instance to have a task cap between the above options. For example, no Octopus Cloud instance can have a task cap of 15, 34, 45, or 68. +**Important:** 5, 10, 20, 40, 80, and 160 are the only options we offer. If you want an instance with a task cap above 160, again, reach out to sales@octopus.com. There are no options between those tiers. For example, no Octopus Cloud instance can have a task cap of 15, 34, 45, or 68. ## How to choose a task cap We recommend the number of deployments required for a production deployment. Deployments and runbook runs are the most common tasks. Deployments typically take longer than runbook runs. Production deployments are time constrained. They are done off-hours during an outage window. From 0a52cc60288e417ff3c908feabd51bb3023fef52 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: bobjwalker Date: Fri, 13 Oct 2023 15:01:31 -0500 Subject: [PATCH 3/5] Updating the dates --- src/pages/docs/octopus-cloud/task-cap.md | 4 ++-- 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-) diff --git a/src/pages/docs/octopus-cloud/task-cap.md b/src/pages/docs/octopus-cloud/task-cap.md index cd91df8018..5ac94891dd 100644 --- a/src/pages/docs/octopus-cloud/task-cap.md +++ b/src/pages/docs/octopus-cloud/task-cap.md @@ -1,7 +1,7 @@ --- layout: src/layouts/Default.astro -pubDate: 2023-01-01 -modDate: 2023-01-01 +pubDate: 2023-10-13 +modDate: 2023-10-13 title: Octopus Cloud Task Cap navOrder: 60 description: How to increase the task cap on an Octopus Cloud Instance. From 14cfbe45450d210dc5bc9413ef316e8c065cdc1b Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: bobjwalker Date: Fri, 13 Oct 2023 15:06:26 -0500 Subject: [PATCH 4/5] Verbiage changes --- src/pages/docs/octopus-cloud/task-cap.md | 2 +- 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-) diff --git a/src/pages/docs/octopus-cloud/task-cap.md b/src/pages/docs/octopus-cloud/task-cap.md index 5ac94891dd..0107968b08 100644 --- a/src/pages/docs/octopus-cloud/task-cap.md +++ b/src/pages/docs/octopus-cloud/task-cap.md @@ -38,7 +38,7 @@ Octopus Cloud provides the following Task Cap options: - Professional: 5, 10, 20 - Enterprise: 20, 40, 80, 160 -**Please note:** If you need a task cap higher than 160 please reach out to sales@octopus.com to discuss your use case. These options are meant to cover 99% of common use cases. +**Please note:** If you need a task cap higher than 160 please reach out to sales@octopus.com to discuss your use case. These options are meant to cover the majority of use cases. Deployments and runbook runs are computationally expensive. More concurrent deployments and runbook runs requires more resources from the Cloud Platform. As such, increasing the task cap increases your platform fee. From 9deac4067e5285c0eca2d54c9325a840f7356d08 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: bobjwalker Date: Wed, 18 Oct 2023 15:07:33 -0500 Subject: [PATCH 5/5] Reworking based on feedback --- src/pages/docs/octopus-cloud/task-cap.md | 16 ++++++++++------ 1 file changed, 10 insertions(+), 6 deletions(-) diff --git a/src/pages/docs/octopus-cloud/task-cap.md b/src/pages/docs/octopus-cloud/task-cap.md index 0107968b08..6aff12dfc8 100644 --- a/src/pages/docs/octopus-cloud/task-cap.md +++ b/src/pages/docs/octopus-cloud/task-cap.md @@ -7,7 +7,9 @@ navOrder: 60 description: How to increase the task cap on an Octopus Cloud Instance. --- -Every Octopus Deploy instance has a task cap. The task cap is the number of concurrent tasks an instance can run. A task can be: +Every Octopus Deploy instance has set number of concurrent tasks it can process. That number of concurrent tasks is known as the Octopus Task Cap. + +A task can be: - Deployments - Runbook run @@ -30,19 +32,21 @@ The default task cap for Octopus Cloud instances is based on the license tier: - Professional: 5 - Enterprise: 20 -## Increasing the Task Cap -Self-hosted customers can change their instance's task cap via the Octopus Deploy UI. That is because self-hosted customers take on the responsibility of hosting their instance and allocating resources. They pay any additional hosting fees to their cloud providers. +Self-hosted customers have more control over their task cap. As such, every self-hosted instance starts out with a task cap of 5. A higher task cap requires more hosting resources. Self-hosted customers can change their instance's task cap via the Octopus Deploy UI. That is because self-hosted customers take on the responsibility of allocating resources, and paying any additional Azure, AWS, or GCP fees. + +## Increasing the Task Cap for Octopus Cloud +Octopus Cloud customers must reach out to sales@octopus.com to increase the task cap. Octopus Cloud provides the following Task Cap options: - Community: 5 - Professional: 5, 10, 20 - Enterprise: 20, 40, 80, 160 -**Please note:** If you need a task cap higher than 160 please reach out to sales@octopus.com to discuss your use case. These options are meant to cover the majority of use cases. +Increasing the task cap will incur a corresponding increase in platform fees. Deployments and runbook runs are computationally expensive. More concurrent deployments and runbook runs requires more resources from the Cloud Platform. -Deployments and runbook runs are computationally expensive. More concurrent deployments and runbook runs requires more resources from the Cloud Platform. As such, increasing the task cap increases your platform fee. +We assign resources to the instance based on the task cap. Changing the task cap changes those resources. That requires a small outage as the instance and database are reprovisioned. We will wait until your next maintenance window to perform that reprovisioning. You might not see a change in the task cap until the next day. -You can increase the task cap on your instance by contacting sales@octopus.com. They will provide you with the latest fees and discuss options. +**Please note:** If you need a task cap higher than 160 please reach out to sales@octopus.com to discuss your use case. These options are meant to cover the majority of use cases. **Important:** 5, 10, 20, 40, 80, and 160 are the only options we offer. If you want an instance with a task cap above 160, again, reach out to sales@octopus.com. There are no options between those tiers. For example, no Octopus Cloud instance can have a task cap of 15, 34, 45, or 68.