I am specifically looking at the Xen hypervisor but it may have broader applicability.
I am in a personal workstation environment using Xen as a hypervisor managing a half dozen guest operating systems. I am planning on one of those to be an Apache/SVN server. There will be a variety of repositories. I am considering how I may implement a repository to track the versioning of guest images. I would like to keep version histories of the different guests; experimental perturbations, upgrades, etc. I like the SVN version graph and I am wondering about how much I can add notes to clarify the differences. Additionally, update the notes when in retrospect, more information is needed for historical entries. Since the binaries are large, I will probably need to extend the storage to a slower, cheaper media for the older versions. I want to keep fast response for new entries. I am wondering how I might have the best of both worlds and still be able to pull up a full historical graph. I plan to use SVN both locally and over the Internet for personal use only; I am looking for comments/cogestions on setting up for this service. I would really like to hear comments and suggestions on implementing Apache/SVN on such a hosted service and any about overall system configuration. ray
