Hardware Recommendations

[Anthony Glover <gl...@elmco.com>]

I know this is not exactly subversion specific, but I am about to 
spec/price out a dedicated (linux) server for housing our Subversion 
repository. The repository will house some large binary files that will 
be accessed both locally and remotely via Apache. I know that 
Subversion uses binary deltas to increase performance, but I'm assuming 
that I need to still concentrate on getting a system that has fast hard 
drives and a good network card. Are there any other features that I 
should focus on or avoid when setting up a large repository for 
Subversion? Does internal memory or cpu speed make much difference or 
is it mainly I/O that I should worry about? I have heard that SSL 
encryption/decryption can put a significant load on a system; so, if 
I'm accessing my repository via HTTPS, I guess that would dictate a 
fast processor. Are there any known problems with RAID systems and 
Subversion/BerkeleyDB?

Thanks,
Tony


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