On Sep 22, 2010, at 15:38, Stewart Dean wrote: >> Remember to Reply All so your reply goes to the list too, not just to me. >> >> If you don't use BerkeleyDB, you get a so-called "FSFS" repository. FSFS is >> a file-based database, just like BerkeleyDB is, but has been designed >> specifically for Subversion. FSFS has been the default for new repositories >> for years (since Subversion 1.2) and works great. It's what most people use >> for Subversion today. It is not a problem. BerkeleyDB, on the other hand, is >> usually several problems, which is why the Subversion developers have spent >> so much effort over the years creating and improving FSFS. I am told BDB has >> its place but I recommend it be avoided. >
> Will do with the reply all...in the meantime, I looked deeper into BDB vs. > FSFS, which this: > http://svnbook.red-bean.com/en/1.1/ch05.html#svn-ch-5-sect-1.3 > lays out pretty well and I can now see why everyone is wondering why I would > want it....... Note that's the ancient Subversion 1.1 book. Consider reading the current version of the book instead: http://svnbook.red-bean.com/nightly/en/svn.reposadmin.planning.html#svn.reposadmin.basics.backends
