RE: svn dump and load - half size repository?

Ryan,

>-----Original Message-----
>From: Ryan Schmidt [mailto:subversion-2009d_at_ryandesign.com]
>Sent: 18 December 2009 13:08
>To: Hardy, Andrew
>Cc: users_at_subversion.tigris.org
>Subject: Re: svn dump and load - half size repository?
>
>On Dec 18, 2009, at 06:52, Andrew Hardy wrote:
>
>> Performed a dump of one repository to create a new one (for
>testing/backup/etc.). No errors reported during either
>operation. Both repositories are BDS.
>
>Do you mean BDB -- BerkeleyDB?

Erm... No, fat-fingers time - should have been FSFS.

>The behavior you are observing in the revs directory is called
>sharding and is new for Subversion 1.5, and was improved in
>1.6, and can lead to significant space savings:

>http://subversion.tigris.org/svn_1.6_releasenotes.html#fsfs-packing

Thanks, I'll have a look at that. I believe that both repositories were
created with 1.5.6, but it's possible that the older was originally from
an earlier release...

>> How can I compare two repositories to ensure that they are
>consistent up to a certain revision?
>
>Since no errors were reported during dump and load, I assume
>your repositories are fine. You can additionally run "svnadmin
>verify" on them.

Many thanks, I'll give that a quick run to make everyone feel a little
more certain that the new repository is fit for purpose.

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