On 08.03.2015 17:39, Andreas Stieger wrote:
> Hello,
>
> On 08/03/15 05:57, Rajesh Kumar wrote:
>> 2. How to reduce the Repos size drastically without impacting the
>> integrity and version of the files?
> Several points:
> A. Are you talking about the on-server repository size or the size of a
> working copy? The reasons one needs to ask are that many users regularly
> confuse the terms, and that many will check out the root of the
> repository into a working copy which unnecessarily increases the on-disk
> size of a working copy by duplicating /branches and /tags.
>
> B. For the server on-disk size, ensure representation sharing is enabled
> throughout the lifetime of the repository. When using deep tree
> structures and large properties also enable "directory and property
> storage reduction" available in 1.8. As these only take affect for added
> data, you need to perform what is referred to as a dump-load cycle and
> switch to the new but content-identical repository. Dump/load are
> documented.
>
>> Here my repos size is 1TB and i want to make it smaller without
>> deleting any files?
> Whoa this is kind of what a scm is designed not to allow. And deleting
> any files inside the repository tree does not reduce it's size as you of
> course retain all history, including deleted items.
>
>> 1. Duplicating the whole repos of 1TB in shorter span of time and
>> create another SVN repos.
> You can perform a seamless migration to a second otherwise identical
> repository with reduced size. First prepare a replacement offline while
> keeping it up-to-date with the original by using svnsync configuration
> as documented in the Subversion book. You will need some migration space
> for that, can be on the same or another server. The repository URL may
> or may not change in the course of that - if it does do take care that
> you seamlessly direct users to the new data.
And it bears repeating: If you replace a repository, please make sure to
restart Apache and/or svnserve to clear stale caches.
-- Brane
Received on 2015-03-08 17:47:06 CET