Re: Repository recovery and archiving

2001-04-24 Thread schmolle
Hi Jesus, list, >In short, I need the transaction capabilities of a database I got that impression. Since you are considering Oracle vs CVS, I take it cost is not a great consideration? :) How about this for a rough idea (other people can pitch in if they like): 1. Find a way to capture all t

Re: Repository recovery and archiving

2001-03-16 Thread Eric Siegerman
On Fri, Mar 16, 2001 at 10:05:43AM +, Jesus M. Salvo Jr. wrote: > Rob Helmer wrote: > > Doing incremental backups with Amanda, dump, by scripting tar > > or any other backup system is probably the way to go. > > In short, I need the transaction capabilities of a database ( going back > to "cvs

Re: Repository recovery and archiving

2001-03-16 Thread Jesus M. Salvo Jr.
In short, I need the transaction capabilities of a database ( going back to "cvs tag" needing to be "all" or "none," not "some" in the event of failure during the operation of "cvs tag" ... since tagging multiple files are not atomic ) in a source control. What I am looking at now is Oracle's iFS

Re: Repository recovery and archiving

2001-03-15 Thread Rob Helmer
Ah, ok, well you can check files out by date, but if that revision was tagged after that date then you're going to get tags. Doing incremental backups with Amanda, dump, by scripting tar or any other backup system is probably the way to go. Can you explain why you need to be able to do this? Pe

Re: Repository recovery and archiving

2001-03-15 Thread Jesus M. Salvo Jr.
I understand that, and the problem with that is you are restricted to at least restoring from last night's backup. I would like to be able to restore the state ( consistent and all ) of the CVS repository to what it was an hour ago. And the restore has to be consistent, in that if someone made

Re: Repository recovery and archiving

2001-03-14 Thread Rob Helmer
Hi Jesus, Since they are just RCS files on the backend, you can just create a tarball or use a common backup system ( I used to use Arkeia for GNU/Linux, I was able to backup and restore the archive without incident ). I use tar to backup straight to tape on one of my servers, I've never had a

Repository recovery and archiving

2001-03-09 Thread Jesus M. Salvo Jr.
I am thinking of using CVS as a repository for an internal process for a client. The files are a combination of text and binary files. However, they are under a penalty clause such that if they dont deliver the data within the specified time in each day, they get penalised. Therefore, restoring