On Tue, Jul 26, 2011 at 08:35:31AM -0700, David Chapman wrote: > If the processor architectures differ, copying the repositories > directly won't work unless changes to the repository format have > been made recently. I had a problem when copying a repository from > a 64-bit x86 machine to a 32-bit x86 machine, for example. (I think > this was in 1.4.x, but it was years ago and I don't remember the > details.) Solaris 10 suggests a SPARC machine as the source. > Because of the byte ordering difference, I'd expect major trouble > when copying a repository directly from a SPARC machine to an x86 > machine.
This only applies to repositories using the BDB backend. There is no such problem with the FSFS backend because it uses flat files. > I've used (and recommend) the svnsync approach recommended by > another poster. Downtime can be even less than when copying > repository directories directly. Yes, it's another good alternative. But don't forget to run 'svnadmin verify' on the synced copies, just to be safe.
