Re: how does tigris do server updates?

Brian Krusic wrote:
> Hi Mark,
>
> While u r correct about serving dbs regardless version as thats what we
> do on some of our repos now, there are benefits to upgrading so I
> disagree with you.
>
> A repo we had in 1.2.3 was 50GB at the time. We converted to 1.4 and it
> shrank to 38GB.
>
> So yes, we do need to convert.
>
> With offices in geographically diverse regions, the leaner and meaner
> our dbs are, the better.

Shrinking the repository size won't have an impact on the network
traffic to your clients, even if they are geographically dispersed. So
while it's nice to dump and load, it's not necessary.

Regards,
Blair

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