On Tue, Dec 6, 2011 at 10:22 AM, K F <cmkfo...@yahoo.com> wrote: > Our Subversion server crashed because of a disk fail. We are in the process > of setting up a new server to move the repos to. What is the consensus to do > the restore from a backup? Is it straight forward? What problems if any would > there be for users using TortoiseSVN in connecting to the new server?
Depends on how you do backups. If there is any significant chance that your dead host has revisions that are not in your backup, you are in danger of a "split-brain" scenario, and should change the UUID of the restored copy and force people to reset their checkouts.
