On Thu, Mar 22, 2012 at 9:11 AM, Joel Eidsath <jeidsath_at_gmail.com> wrote:
> I was just handed a large SVN install with thousands of users and
> hundreds of individual repositories. It is experiencing serious
> performance issues. I believe that it mostly boils down to a 14MB
> AuthzSVNAccessFile.
>
> What can I do to speed this up? Is there a database solution to use
> instead of the flatfile? Can I implement caching somehow? I am willing
> to code something up if I have to.
>
> Thanks for any help! Please CC me on any replies.
>
> Joel Eidsath
>
Joel,
Copying Dave's reply from an earlier thread this week. Sounds like it would
be really helpful for you:
---------- Forwarded message ----------
> From: David Weintraub <qazwart_at_gmail.com>
> Date: Tue, Mar 20, 2012 at 6:44 PM
> Subject: Re: preventing commits (this is *not* a classic hook question)
> To: michael_at_huettermann.net
> Cc: Bob.Archer_at_amsi.com, lesmikesell_at_gmail.com, nkadel_at_gmail.com,
> users_at_subversion.apache.org
>
> I have a pre-commit hook that stores its configuration inside your
> repository. You'll need access to the Subversion server to set it up,
> but once it's setup, you can control access by checking out the
> control file from the repository, making your changes, and then
> checking it back in.
> This is a modification of a hook that I've been using for years.
> Originally, the control file was kept on the server -- usually inside
> the hooks directory. However, that meant logging onto the server, and
> that was getting too difficult to do all the time. Besides, this way,
> I can track who changed the control file and why.
> What prevents anyone from changing the control file? The control file
> is configured, so only the administrators can modify it.
> You can take a look at it at
> https://github.com/qazwart/SVN-Precommit-Kitchen-Sink-Hook. (Yes, a
> Subversion hook is stored in GitHub).
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