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Re: problem: svnsync to external ISCSI drive increases size of repos

From: Andreas Stieger <andreas.stieger_at_gmx.de>
Date: Mon, 16 Jun 2014 14:18:56 +0100

Hello,

> On 16 Jun 2014, at 12:50, "Korte, Michael Johannes" <michael.korte_at_zeiss.com> wrote:
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> Svnsync from Windows to Windows : no change of repository size
> Svnsync from Windows to ISCSI drive : no change of repository size
> Svnsync from ISCSI drive to Linux : normaly no change of repository size (expection if the ISCSI repository was originally synced from Linux, the during the ISCSI à Linux sync the repository size is reduced to the original size on Linux))
> Svnsync from Linux to Linux: no change of the repository size
> Svnsync from Linux to ISCSI drive : repository size is increased. For some repositories only little, for some very much (e.g. Double size)
> Svnsync from Linux to ISCSI and back to Linux : First size is increased and then size is reduced for the same rate, this means after both syncs the size is again identical.

Check if rep-cache.db is created and filled? Check if representation sharing is enabled?

Does the same happen for svnadmin hotcopy?

>
> Is it normal that the repository size is changed during sync from Linux to external ISCSI drive?

Sometimes, e.g. when not using representation sharing.

> Why is the size changed very much (factor 1 :10) for single revisions. Do I make any error during svnsync, or is this the normal behaviour?

Depends on usage, yes they can be different if the rep sharing database differs or is enabled differently.

Andreas
Received on 2014-06-16 15:20:54 CEST

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