Obvious choice (probably not suitable, but no harm in suggesting it):

Is there space available (or can be made available) on the tape server?
If so, the second backup is local to the Amanda tape server.

Another possibility:  Are there network connections available to put up
a local, isolated connection from the subversion server to the Samba
server?  If so, that prevents the traffic for the Subversion export from
affecting the rest of your network.  Still two network transfers, but
one of them shouldn't affect anyone else.

A third alternative (more expensive and more hassle, but possible):  Put
in a new Linux box with VMWare installed and run the Windows Subversion
server on the Linux box inside VMWare.  It puts Subversion on the Linux
system and gives your Windows Subversion administrator/support person an
area to learn a more useful platform (my anti-MS roots showing through
here).

All ideas make some sense, each with advantages and drawbacks.  You are
welcome to any and all of them.

Best Wishes,

Don Ritchey
Information Technology
Exelon Corporation

-----Original Message-----
From: owner-amanda-users AT amanda DOT org
[mailto:owner-amanda-users AT amanda DOT org] On Behalf Of Guy
Sent: Wednesday, July 05, 2006 3:22 PM
To: Joshua Baker-LePain
Cc: amanda users list
Subject: Re: Backing up subversion repositories (From a windows
subversion server)





2006/7/5, Joshua Baker-LePain <jlb17 AT duke DOT edu>:

 


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.

 
That's what they actually do right now. We have a linux box with samba
and the put their backup there. The only problem is that I will have to
transfer 100 Gb over the network TWICE: 

Once from the subversion server to the samba server

And again from the samba server to the tape server.

I wanted to avoid that. 

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