Concerning Re: repos not accessible after log
John Peacock wrote on 1 Oct 2003, 9:55, at least in part:
> Jan Hendrik wrote:
> > The server is a P4 1.6GB box, 128 MB RAM, 10/100 LAN, W2K
> > Pro SP2, FAT32, no AV, no firewall, Apache 2.0.47 as service (no
> > problems since setup about 6-7 weeks ago). SVN was .27 for about the
> > same time, problem began about a week ago and persisted after
> > dump/load to a new .30 repos.
> >
> > My machine is a P200, 144 MB RAM, 10 Mbit LAN, W2K Pro
> > SP2, FAT32, no AV, Kerio Firewall 2.1.5 with SVN/TSVN allowed
> > on any ports with local network mask, Apache running with no
> > problems since mid/end July. SVN started with .25, updated to .27,
> > now updated together with the above machine to .30.
>
> FAT32 seems to be the common element. Is there some reason you cannot
> use NTFS on at least the server? FAT32 is not really not suitable for
> server processes; it is fragile and lacking most features of modern
> (and not so modern) multiuser file systems.
Hmm, there are pros and cons. I like to have a DOS boot disk with
F-Prot and being able to access my HDD. It was never necessary
so far, but ... That's perhaps the most important reason that I still
have FAT32. And both machines still have Win9x on one partition
though I have not booted to it since more than a year. However, the
Win9x partitions are not large enough to make them the home of
the repos while splitting up the data partition would break the whole
setup (driveletters). Finally Ghost does not compress NTFS
partitions making disk clones very huge, though this concerns
more the system and application partitions as i do not make disk
clones of data.
I must see how to solve this, it's nothing to decide (or change) in
an afternoon. At least it looks like complete repartioning and much
work with clones and backups ...
> However, see the second paragraph of item 2 here:
>
> http://www.sleepycat.com/docs/ref/build_win/notes.html
I read this and the whole page. Most is beyond my technical
scope, but I see the point about recovery and corruption at the end
of the paragraph. My general - non-technical - impression is that
Berkeley and Windows are more like cat - even sleepy! - and dog,
not an ideal pair. ;-)
> My advice is to convert the drive holding the repository files to NTFS
> and see if the system remains stable.
I will follow your appreciated advice, but must see how to do this
without breaking the system else. It will take some time though.
Jan Hendrik
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Received on Thu Oct 2 12:44:27 2003