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Re: Performance

From: Christopher Ness <chris_at_nesser.org>
Date: 2005-09-13 04:34:31 CEST

On Mon, 2005-09-12 at 17:33 -0400, Paul Koning wrote:
> >>>>> "Christopher" == Christopher Ness <chris@nesser.org> writes:
> Christopher> What kind of authz are you using? Is the repository
> Christopher> wide open for anyone or are there permissions for each
> Christopher> dir?
>
> readonly wide open, "basic" for read-write.

Basic is apache doing the authentication for a URL location, not
subversion. In effect it is the same as .htaccess files you mention.

Authz is more advanced authentication based on directories within
subversion and is usually a module for apache. The documentation on
authz can be found here:
  http://svnbook.red-bean.com/en/1.1/ch06s04.html#svn-ch-6-sect-4.4.2

So you don't have this in your config:
  # our access control policy
  AuthzSVNAccessFile /path/to/access/file

You could safely disable the path checks in your setup. But leave a big
comment in case you ever do start to use Authz ACL's.

> Christopher> The book says the log sub-command is mostly hit by the
> Christopher> overhead of checking the paths for each directory. If
> Christopher> you have that many files, I'm thinking you have quite a
> Christopher> nested directory structure.
>
> Christopher> This link will show you how to disable authz and
> Christopher> explains what is going on in more detail:
> Christopher> http://svnbook.red-bean.com/en/1.1/ch06s04.html#svn-ch-6-sect-4.4.3
>
> Thanks, I'll study that.
>
> Christopher> ALSO: I'd like to know what type of file system you are
> Christopher> using (likely ext3). If you have time, try the
> Christopher> repository in a Reiser file system partition and post
> Christopher> your benchmark times again.
>
> ext3. But I'd rather not switch. What does Reiser have going for it
> that would help here?

There was talk on list about file systems affecting performance for FSFS
repositories.

You'd only really see a difference under heavy loads and large
repositories IMHO - which you may have and therefore could give good
benchmarks.

$ time svn {co,up,blame,log}

Actually I'm not sure if there is a standard tool set for SVN benchmarks
or if it is mostly adhoc timings as suggested above.

The thread about file systems is found here:
  http://svn.haxx.se/users/archive-2005-08/1329.shtml

Cheers,
Chris

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