Re: [Issue 3980] serf increases server load

On 11/15/2012 08:49 AM, Joe Schaefer wrote:
> Sure it can be done via config directives:
> just set an env var whenever some request
> is inconsequential and server admins can
> configure their logging to ignore that request.
> We already do that for svn operation logging.

I've been considering the same sorts of approaches recently (as a result of
this thread). But one thing has me bothered: from the server's point of
view, there's no meaningful difference between "a GET that's part of a
checkout/update" and "a GET that's part of some other non-update-y operation".

Does that mean that we give the client the power to mark particular GET
requests as "below radar"? That doesn't seem very ... audit-friendly.
(Granted, no one is forcing the server admin to ignore said GET requests.)

If we don't feel comfortable giving the client this power, then I think our
only option is to advise admins to ignore all GET requests aimed at
Subversion repositories (which has the bonus feature of not requiring any
work on our part).

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