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Very Huge Repository

From: Philibert Pérusse <pperusse_at_gsmproducts.ca>
Date: 2006-03-03 00:06:07 CET

Hi again,
 
We are developping under Windows CE. We are actually building our platforms
and everything. When installing Windows CE, it installs a lot of usefull
files in a single WINCE500 folder (DLL LIB EXE C CPP H ...).
 
Then, to build your platform, you change some of those files and ask to
build your platform.
 
Now, I decided to put that "original" installation into subversion before I
begin my changes. So I perform a single 'svn import' of that WINCE500
folder. The thing is:
- it contains about 4Gb of data
- which includes 42,000 files
- and approximatively 3,500 folders
- please note that we are using SVN 1.3.0 with SVNSERVE on a central server.
 
Surprisingly enough (or not for you guys) the operation succeeded. Though it
took about 2 hours to complete.
 
Issues I have are about the "usability" of that repository:
- Performing an "Update" or "Commit" on the root directory can be extremely
long....
- Performing a 'svn log' takes up to 30 seconds just to print the 18
revisions of my repository.
- Luckilly enough the "svn copy" is very quick for tagging & branching.
- However, performing a Checkout of that whole Tags folder is just out of
the question... Suppose I have 10 Tags there, this is 40Gb of data!
- What about the overall stability of the repository on the long run?
- I also have backup issues
- and so on...
 
So, I guess I now doubt about this move I made. Any comments other than "are
you crazy!"? Any experience with similar repositories?
 
Thanks for your comments...
 
philibert
 
Received on Fri Mar 3 00:07:53 2006

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