Thanks for the info --
So I suppose a single read-write host / and mutiple read-only hosts should
be ok ?
murli
On 9/22/08 7:59 AM, "david.x.grierson_at_jpmorgan.com"
<david.x.grierson_at_jpmorgan.com> wrote:
> No - this will not work with NFS access from multiple hosts.
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> NFS (even with correctly working locking) does not work with Subversion
> 1.5 or lower because the underlying apr libraries used for transactions
> still use DBM files - which require working locks.
>
> You will eventually end up with repository corruption - particularly
> likely when large commits are performed.
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> Dg.
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> David Grierson
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> Murli Varadachari <mvaradachari_at_facebook.com>
> 22/09/2008 15:27
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> I am testing out an arrangement whereby the subversion repository is
> located on shared partition [ netapps partition ] -- and accessed by
> multiple subversion hosts via NFS. My plan is to have one of these hosts
> be used for read-write access and the rest for read-only access. I have
> tested this out and it looks O.K so far.
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> Q: Can this arrangement be used to have all hosts be capable of read-write
> access. Can subversion handle multiple access points on the same
> repository.
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> Cheers
> Murli
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> P.S: I am using FSFS
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