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Re: svn hotcopy

From: Thomas Harold <thomas-lists_at_nybeta.com>
Date: Sat, 28 Dec 2013 12:02:36 -0500

On 12/26/2013 3:42 PM, Listman wrote:
> I am using svn 1.5.5 and I backup with hotcopy. I am starting to see
> that my repository which 50G is backing up as 48G with hotcopy. I
> can’t figure it out and my friend google is not helping at all. Does
> any one have a clue?
>

I agree with Thorsten. There may be leftover cruft in your repository
directory, which gets ignored during the hotcopy process. Use "svnadmin
verify" on the repository to check for errors. (You should probably be
running "svnadmin verify" on a weekly or monthly basis anyway.)

Also, upgrading to 1.8 is a very good idea. Since you are using 1.5, I
recommend a full "svnadmin dump" / "svnadmin load" cycle to put it into
1.8 format. Because of the changes in the repository format between 1.5
and 1.8, you might even seen 5-20% space reduction in the size of your
repository.

(We averaged about 15% size reduction going from 1.6 to 1.8, plus a huge
reduction in the number of individual files due to revision and revprop
packing. YMMV.)
Received on 2013-12-28 18:03:33 CET

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