Recipe 18.20. Calculating Storage Size for a CVS Repository

18.20.1 Problem

You need to know how to calculate how much storage space to allocate for your CVS repository, and if you should put it on its own partition.

18.20.2 Solution

A simple rule of thumb is to allocate 10 times as much space as the expected final size of the project files. When you have a lot of users busy on a project, it's easy to generate a lot of activity and eat up a lot of disk space. The definitive answer is "the more the better."

The best place to put your repository is in a filesystem that is already segregated on its own partition, such as /var or /home. This makes it easy to back up and keeps it separate from the root filesystem, which is always good for data files. You can also create a top-level directory on its own partition, such as /cvsroot, to make it easier to find.

18.20.3 See Also

• Chapter 2 of Essential CVS