> > repo(s) is/are on a permanently mounted USB disk. > > The USB stick might give you less i/o throughput than an internal hard > disk, and it might fail early due to flash wearing out.
I believe I mentioned a disk, not a stick. But thanks anyway...
> using
> 'svnadmin hotcopy' to copy your repositories to it once a week or so
Yes, I planned to do that for a read-only backup repository as part of
various backup schedules (daily, weekly, monthly, yearly).
- Winston

