I think it's great that the development team has been looking into 1.7 performance, but I must admit I'm less interested in server performance than that of the client. My recent experiences with huge working copy folders has pointed out significant disparities in performance under different operating and file systems. Meaningful SVN performance testing should take into account the majority of popular operating and file systems.
Specialized hardware is interesting when evaluating server performance, but it tends to skew your focus to problems not addressed by the hardware optimization. In truth, most server software users will probably install SVN 1.7 on the hardware they currently use. When evaluating client performance, tuned hardware is even less relevant. It's unlikely that users will upgrade their client systems just to take advantage of "sweet spots" in SVN performance - especially in this conservative economic environment. My corporate experience indicates that hardware upgrades are usually better tied to budgetary cycles and operating system upgrades. I hope you'll take this in the encouraging light it is offered in. -- Geoff Rowell geoff.row...@gmail.com
