Is this via http? Given that export is slower I'd be willing to bet the performance difference is from the new http client library - serf. It is typically slower than Neon. Try switching to neon and run it again.
Sent from my iPhone On Aug 9, 2011, at 4:13 AM, "Ketting, Michael" <michael.kett...@rubicon.eu> wrote: > Hello! > > I've recently picked up the subversion 1.7 beta 2 build (included in the > latest TortoiseSVN beta) and did a checkout of our solution (~10,000 files, > ~2,000 folders, ~180MB). > With Subversion 1.6.1, it takes roughly 5 minutes, with Subversion 1.7 beta > 2, it takes about 10 minutes. > > Is this performance degradation inherent with the use of the centralized SVN > information, and thus an intentional tradeoff for the blazing fast > Commits/Updates? > Naively, I'd hoped that the checkout speed would get closer to the > export-speed with Subversion 1.7, since the Updates are faster, too. > > Interestingly, it looks like the export speed also degraded. With Subversion > 1.6 it took about 90 seconds, with Subversion 1.7, it now takes 110 seconds. > > Regards, Michael