Is it safe to run two instances of svnserve on one repository, or only one?

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Published on 2010-02-09T04:28:20Z Indexed on 2010/06/05 12:53 UTC
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We've two nodes running heartbeat/drbd, and one of the services we're using is subversion. What I want to know is: is it safe to run svnserve on both nodes all the time, or should it only run on the active node?

Does svnserve use file-level locking, or is it all in memory? What are the implications of running svnserve without its repositories accessible?

Please let me know if this isn't clear, and I'll try my best to rephrase/clarify. :)

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