Hi,
We've been using SVN for a couple of years, recently we migrated from 1.7.6 to
1.9.2. We also
migrated (dump and load) some of the larger repositories to schema 7 and packed
them.
So, you have not tried the old repository format with 1.9.2?
If you should have a copy of that available (backup?), put
that one onto the server in a separate dir/location, e.g.
"my-repo-old". Test whether the problem occurs with the old
format as well.
One of this recently migrated repositories ( SVN 1.9.2 schema 7 repository)
is about 100
GB mostly jar files under tags. About 9000 tags.
Format 7 will hardly give you any advantage with large binary
files without deep histories. Results may differ, though.
9000 entries in a single directory is a lot but not excessive.
When browsing the root/tags with TortoiseSVN 1.9.2 the operation hangs and
causes the server
to recycle after a couple of minutes. This happens consistently every single
time we try
to browse the root/tags of the repository.
We've got same issue when testing SmartSVN.
It sounds like your server is running out of memory. Observe
the memory usage of the httpd.exe processes (there may be 2
of them) while running the request.
The same browsing operation was working in 1.7.6, would take a couple of
minutes (4-5) but
was working.
My guess is that SVN 1.9.2 simply uses slightly more memory
than 1.7.6 did. A normal 'svn ls -v' should take only a
second or so. The long execution time is a strong indicator
that your server is doing something expensive and possibly
memory-consuming. So, while 1.7.6 might have kept it just
below the out-of-memory threshold, 1.9.2 needs a few percent
more and crosses it.
Faulting application httpd.exe, version 2.2.29.0, time stamp 0x5550b4ed,
faulting module libsvn_subr-1.dll,
version 1.9.2.65436, time stamp 0x561e5208, exception code 0x40000015, fault
offset 0x00026624,
process id 0x968, application start time 0x01d131b996a721ff.
0x40000015 is basically an "abort". We do this when we need
more memory but can't get it.
9000 directory entries is around the capacity of the default
cache configuration (16MB). Make sure, you set the cache to
at least 100MB ("SVNInMemoryCacheSize 102400" in httpd.conf)
but NOT larger than 1GB in case you are using 32 bit Apache.
Set "MaxMemFree" in httpd.conf to something like 4096. The
default of 0 is problematic.
Also, there is a fair chance that you are using path-based
authorization (authz). Disable it and see whether that makes
a difference. E.g. create a separate <Location> for the same
repo without authz.
Let us know what you found.
-- Stefan^2.
