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Re: Linux prefered for running Subversion : call for testimonials

From: Jerry McAllister <jerrymc_at_msu.edu>
Date: 2007-11-14 17:11:04 CET

On Wed, Nov 14, 2007 at 11:11:24AM -0000, Roth, Pierre wrote:

> Hi all,
>
> After one year in my new company, I finally succeeded in convincing my
> software department manager to switch from Visual Source Safe to
> Subversion. I just have then to convince my IT department to make it
> run on a Linux server instead of a Windows server (clients are running
> under Windows XP).
>
> I would like then to compile into a single short document all the pro's
> for running the subversion server on a Linux machine.

Another possibility with similar, but maybe even better considerations:
Try running Subversion on FreeBSD.

See: http://www.freebsd.org/

////jerry

>
> I've read the archives and found some ideas.
>
>
> I intiate the list by topic ...
>
> 1- Scripting :
> 1-a : Scripting languages are easier to setup/develop under *nix
> systems. Implementing fine-tuned hooks (server side) is more comfortable
> in a *nix environment.
> reference :
> http://osdir.com/ml/version-control.subversion.vss2svn.user/2006-12/msg0
> 0055.html
> 1-b : to be continued...
>
> 2- Performance :
> 2-a : "NTFS Filesystem does not seem to perform well with large bnumber
> of small filles" (I can't confirm it since I absolutely does not know
> Windows NTFS capabilities)
> reference :
> http://subversion.tigris.org/servlets/ReadMsg?list=users&&msgNo=61947
>
> 2-b : to be continued...
>
>
> 3- To be continued :
>
>
>
> ... And I would appreciate your answers to make it as precise as
> possible.
>
> Thank you very much for your precious feedback !
>
>
> Pierre
>
> Please, note that the "subversion configuration" used will be :
> Subversion with apache and probably accessed through https.
>
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