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Re: Backing up subversion repositories (From a windows subversion server)
2006-07-05 16:13:27
On Wed, 5 Jul 2006 at 3:51pm, Guy wrote
We are currently using amanda 2.4.5p1 to backup a mix of Unix + Linux hosts.
Now, we need to backup HUGE (100 Gb) subversion repositories that reside on
a Windows XP box.
From what I have read, the SMB client seems flaky.
Not so bad, really. It doesn't handle files held open by Windows programs
though, which may be an issue.
I only have ONE big directory to backup from windows. My amanda tape server
is a Linux Box.
Did anyone try to use the Windows Services For Unix from micro$oft ?
Not if you put a gun to my head. *shudder* I've never used SFU, but I've
heard horror stories of the tentacles.
We plan to NFS export the directory and mount it on the amanda tape server
and back it up from there.
Are we heading for a disater ?
More 'n likely.
What are our other alternatives ?
If it were me, I'd look at using subversion's various internal backup
scripts (e.g. 'svnadmin dump', 'hotbackup') and putting the resulting
images on a "network drive" served out via samba on a *nix box. Then
backup the svn backup images on the *nix box. Of course, this assumes
you've got a Linux server (or servers) with sufficient space for this.
I suggested to move the subversion server from Windows to Linux, but the
subversion admin is not compfortable enough with Linux to do the move.
Too bad.
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Joshua Baker-LePain
Department of Biomedical Engineering
Duke University
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