RE: svn not sutable for large multimedia assets?
From: Cassimatis, Jim <Cassimatis_at_ali.com.au>
Date: 2004-11-25 01:59:22 CET
I started a thread on a similar subject last week called "Switching off file
We concluded that AlienBrain is a better choice for large multimedia files.
Jim Cassimatis
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This is a "prove me wrong and make me happy" mail :-)
I love svn for my code, but i fear that we can't use it for multimedia
We are doing multiple projects simultaneously, each having about 20 GB
(1) Most files are binary. We need file locking. I see this is one of
(2) We need a way of removing old versions from the database. Our
(3) It seems that there are many reports that very large repositories
(4) Subversion stores a hidden, local copy of each file. This is good
(5) Some files need no revision control since they are automatically
On the other hand, the differenced data storage and free branching would
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