On Thu, Aug 22, 2019 at 9:52 AM Anton Shepelev <anton....@gmail.com> wrote: > > [replying via Gmane] > > Andreas Stieger: > > >The dump format is not the best option for backups. The > >restore time is much too slow as you need to recover from a > >serialized format. In many hand-baked scripts the dump > >method misses point-in-time recovery capabilities, -> > > Why should I need those if SVN repositories store the > complete history?
Because, on a bulky repository with bulky binaries, it is *butt slow*, you can't easily prune the bulky binaries, and you will inevitably have split-brain during time between the dump and the next dump/load. Split-brain Is Not Your Friend(tm).
