On Thu, May 27, 2010 at 16:31, Paul Ebermann <paul-eberm...@gmx.de> wrote: > B Smith-Mannschott wrote: >> On Wed, May 26, 2010 at 19:07, Paul Ebermann <paul-eberm...@gmx.de> wrote: > >>> I think packing the revprops would (from a space viewpoint) be even more >>> useful than >>> packing the revisions, since most of these are quite small (similar) text >>> files. >>> >>> Statistics: [...] >> >> True, but revprops are mutable, while revs are immutable. > > OK, this explains it a bit. > >> That said, >> packing of revprops has been implemented on trunk and will be coming >> with 1.7. > > All my wishes come true :-) > >> You might consider the option using bdb instead of fsfs for your >> repository. I wouldn't normally prefer bdb, but it does create far >> fewer files than fsfs. > > I read[1] bdb does not work reliable on NFS, and my repository as on such a > file system > (and I can't really change this). > > Or does this reliability problem only concerns access from multiple hosts? > (I in all cases access the repository via svn+ssh with the same server host, > if this matters.)
No, don't host a BDB on NFS. That just seems like trouble. // ben
