That choice to go to bare metal was reversed:
https://gitlab.com/gitlab-com/infrastructure/issues/727#note...
https://webcache.googleusercontent.com/search?q=cache:M2CRY7... (cache link until GL.com is back up.)
https://gitlab.com/gitlab-com/infrastructure/issues/727#note...
https://webcache.googleusercontent.com/search?q=cache:M2CRY7... (cache link until GL.com is back up.)
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