Re: estimate size of dump?

On Thu, Feb 12, 2009 at 8:37 AM, Justin Case <send_lotsa_spam_here_at_yahoo.com
> wrote:

> --- On Wed, 2/11/09, Hari Kodungallur wrote:
> > > Or can I load a hot copy instead of a dump for
> > > restoring a repository?
> > > Probably not, but I'm really unsure what that hot
> > > copy can be useful for.
> >
> > I am not sure if there is a way to estimate the size of the
> > dump. However, you can use the hot copy as a repository. The hot copy is
> > identical to your repository (no need to "load").
>
> My plan is to upgrade the repository from 1.4 to 1.5 so I kind of need that
> load :)
>
>

No, you can not use the hotcopy for an upgrade. Hotcopy is, well a hot copy.
It is a method to back up your repository without bringing down the server
(i.e, with no downtime). It creates an exact copy of the repository that you
can use to backup.

The hotcopy, as mentioned, is an exact copy. So one thing you could try is
to test an upgrade on the hotcopy using 'svnadmin upgrade' and see if it
works for you (it should). If that works, then you don't need any dump /
load.

thanks,
-Hari

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Received on 2009-02-13 02:46:20 CET