Re: Berkeley DB versus Flat Filesystem Repositories

Craig A. Vanderborgh wrote:
> So, based on these factors I've concluded that Flat Filesystem is the
> better choice for us. Does this seem right? Our server platform is
> x86linux RedHat 8. I've downloaded and installed the pre-compiled RPMS
> for RH8. But - is this pre-compiled version Berkeley DB only? What do
> I have to do to get Flat Filesystem - if this is what I *should* do :^)
>
> Please advise - I'm almost there, but a little bit lost on this BDB vs.
> FFS issue.

If you downloaded a 1.1.x version of subversion(*), you should be able
to choose fsfs.

BDB is the default type if the BDB libraries were installed where
subversion was compiled.

On my home box, I don't have the BDB libraries, therefore fsfs is
created by svnadmin by default.

In any case, take a look at the output of: "svnadmin help create" You
should have an option called fs-type. Read it's description.

Whichever type you decide you want your repositories to be, just
remember to always specify that when creating them.

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