Re: How to choose between svn & http?

On Thu, Jul 29, 2010 at 4:59 AM, STF SVN <lapsap7+svn_at_gmail.com> wrote:
> I already have a working SVN server using HTTP, but I'd like to see
> some other alternatives, especially those which could provide better
> performance.  The problem right now is that some users are accessing
> the SVN within a VPN tunnel and things are slow for them.  So, if it's
> possible to reduce data quantity, like using another protocol, I would
> take it.

The standard 'svn' protocol is faster, but it uses port 3690 by
default. It is very likely that your VPN will block traffic to this
port. You can start svnserve on another port, and you can use ssh+svn
which allows for tunneling.

Subversion is known for simplicity, ease of use, but speed isn't one
of them. The entire .svn directory thing slows Subversion down --
especially since the entire diff is kept in there.

I believe you can have a Subversion repository run using both the
svn:// protocol and the http:// protocol at the same time (Is this
true? Somebody respond).

If this is correct, you can try starting up the svnserve server and
see if it improves the VPN times at all.

-- 
David Weintraub
qazwart_at_gmail.com