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Re: Issue with the size of dumped/loaded repositories

From: Andy Levy <andy.levy_at_gmail.com>
Date: Thu, 13 Mar 2008 08:25:19 -0400

On Thu, Mar 13, 2008 at 8:22 AM, Edi STOJICEVIC
<estojicevic_at_debianworld.org> wrote:
> * Andy Levy <andy.levy_at_gmail.com> [2008-03-13 08:16:54 -0400] wrote :
>
>
>
> > On Thu, Mar 13, 2008 at 7:34 AM, Edi STOJICEVIC
> > <estojicevic_at_debianworld.org> wrote:
> > > Hi,
> > >
> > > I'm new on this list ...
> > >
> > > I have a little issue with some repositories that I need to migrate from
> > > one server to a new one.
> > >
> > > Here is the description :
> > >
> > > Source server :
> > > xfs filesystem
> > > fsfs
> > >
> > > Target server :
> > > ext3 filesystem
> > > fsfs
> > >
> > > Now I have a difference on some of the repositories.
> > > By example, one repository on the source has a size of 68Mb and 73Mb on
> > > the destination.
> > > I checked the size of the various directories and apparently it's coming
> > > from the /repo/db/revs/ one ...
> > > I have the same number of files on each side, same number of revions
> > > when doing a svn log by example but I have just some files bigger on the
> > > destination...
> > >
> > > I have the same with some other repositories and dont know if they have
> > > to be the same exactly... I assume they should but not sure if svnadmin
> > > is not doing something ...
> >
> > What version of SVN on each server?
>
> I checked and source 1.3.2 and 1.1.4 on the new one ... The reason of
> why is it so old it's because they have redhat 4 modified using this old
> version ...

Be advised that 1.1.4 is VERY old, and unsupported. You really ought
to get upgraded at least to a supported release, even if you have to
build it yourself.

> > Have you accounted for differences in "extra" space required/consumed
> > by the 2 different filesystems (journaling, etc.)?
> >
> > Maybe just a difference in how the skip-delta algorithm picked when &
> > where to save full copies?
>
> Think it's probably because not the same server version ...

Yes, that is most likely the culprit.

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