On 05/08/11 14:18, Mark Phippard wrote:
> On Fri, Aug 5, 2011 at 7:09 AM, Giulio Troccoli
> <giulio.troccoli_at_mediatelgroup.co.uk
> <mailto:giulio.troccoli_at_mediatelgroup.co.uk>> wrote:
>
> I'm working on a plan to upgrade our server from 1.4.6 to 1.6.17.
>
> We have 75 repositories, with an average size of 30MB. They're not
> big, I agree, but I wonder if anyone has any tip on how to
> estimate how long the "svnadmin upgrade" command will take. I
> mean, will it be a matter or minutes or hours?
>
>
> svnadmin upgrade runs in literally a few milliseconds. All it does is
> change the format number of the repository. If you want to fully move
> to all of the new repository features in 1.6 you have to do dump/load
> which will take longer.
Wouldn't svnadmin upgrade give me the exact same thing as a dump/load
cycle? If not, what would be different?
>
> Also, I'm confused whether I need to run "svnadmin pack" as well,
> or if the upgrade will do it for me. If I need to run, does anyone
> has an idea of how long it could take?
>
>
> svnadmin pack is never an automatic feature. Unless you are really
> short on inodes in the volume I would not even recommend running it.
>
Thanks
Giulio Trocccoli
Received on 2011-08-05 16:11:41 CEST