[thelist] CVS server specs

Matt Warden mwarden at gmail.com
Wed Sep 14 11:03:20 CDT 2005


Paul,

On 9/13/05, Paul Bennett <Paul.Bennett at wcc.govt.nz> wrote:
> The code and content is about 1.6 - 2GB in total. What I need to know is what quality of machine we'll need to run CVS.
> 

You don't need much.

> 1. We'll likely be using a leased desktop machine (due to internal requirements) to host the code and the software. Will this be grunty enough? (2Ghz 512Mb RAM 40Gb HDD)
> 

That's plenty, unless you have 900 developers  who will be hitting the
box pretty hard.

> 2. Do open source CVS solutions run only on *Nix boxes? Our pcs come installed with XP and it will be a 'challenge' to allow IT to let me blow the OS away to install a *nix distro. That being said, I've also never actually administered a *nix server.....
> 

I would not use CVS on a Windows box, personally. I think you would be
better off with SourceSafe or something.

Actually, you'd be better off putting linux on the box. CVS would
almost certainly come with your distro and there are a million
easy-to-use tutorials on how to setup users (if I can do it, anyone
can).



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