[slf4j-dev] svnb repository backup

[Jukka Zitting]

Hi,

On Tue, Feb 10, 2009 at 6:54 PM, Ceki Gulcu <ceki at qos.ch> wrote:
> I noticed that a request made to http://svn-mirror.slf4j.org/repos/ gets
> redirected to http://svn-mirror.slf4j.org:81/repos/  Is that an issue?

No, it shouldn't do that anymore. I normally introduce new services
using a separate httpd instance configured as a proxied test server on
port 81. This way I won't kill normal other sites with configuration
mistakes. I've now pointed all references to the production server at
port 80.

The logback mirror at http://svn-mirror.qos.ch/repos/ is now also up
and running. The same svnsync account works also there.

> Given that now there is a dependency between svn and svn-mirror via the
> commit hook, I wonder what will happen if svn-mirror is down or disappears.

You can configure the hook script to run the sync in background, so
any failures won't prevent the commit from succeeding. This should
also avoid the extra delay during a commit.

Individual failures shouldn't be too serious, as the next sync will
pick up any missed commits.

> How reliable would you say that the machine hosting svn-mirror is? (I
> obviously don't expect 99.99% availability, and just a rough estimate would
> do.)

I've been running the server since 2005 and during that time it's been
down about two or three days in total (partly due to ISP outages and
server upgrades, partly due to my mistakes), so I guess the uptime
record is reasonably good. No promises though, I keep the server
running on a best effort basis.

> Thank you Jukka. Please let me know if I can reciprocate.

No problem, I'm happy to contribute. :-)

BR,

Jukka Zitting