Re: SVN database is a lot bigger than PVCS database

On Wed, Jul 22, 2009 at 8:19 AM, Seak, T. F.<lapsap7+svn_at_gmail.com> wrote:
> A workmate of mine has done a migration of our PVCS to SVN.  He used the svn-importer-1.1-M8.zip to do it and chose VisualSVN Server
>
> In PVCS, our projects database took up about 4.7GB.  But SVN database now takes up more than
> 25GB of disk space!
>
> What's the cause of such "explosion"?

I'd guess it is the importer. It probably did not create branches and
tags by copying.

> Is that because of the import tool?  Or because of VisualSVN?  If I understand it correctly,
> VisualSVN isn't a product of Tigris.  What is the "official" SVN server made by Tigris and runs in
> Windows?  Do you think if the "official" SVN server would use less disk space?

I do not think VisualSVN is a factor. That is still "Subversion".

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Thanks
Mark Phippard
http://markphip.blogspot.com/
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