Is there a subversion appliance / toolset for the enterprise

Question

I am looking for an enterprise subversion setup, that will fit the following requirements:

• I need at least 2 instances of the repository server for high availability reasons
• Management of multiple repositories
• The 2 repository servers need to be synchronized.
• Easy administration and configuration
• User & authorization management with LDAP integration (web-interface) - optional
• Backup & restore features, that guarantee the recovery with not more than 1 day of lost data
• Fast and easy setup.
• Monitoring of the repository(traffic, data volume, hotspots..) - optional
• good security
• either open source or low price tag, if possible
• some pricing range, if a commercial tool is recommended.
• a VMWare appliance would be great.

I am interested in an appliance or a set of subversion tools, that support these requirements. The operating system should be Ubuntu.

The configuration and setup of the toolset should be doable in hours or at the most a few days...

Our development team is not huge (about 30 people), but grows continually.

I have been unable to find anything (with the exception of Subversion MultiSite, that seems to big (and expensive? - they give no price information) for our enterprise) Can anyone recommend a solution? Could you also describe your experiences with the recommended tool?

The easier and faster installation and configuration is, the better... If it is without a price tag, this is even better..

Thank you for any help.

Answer 1

I haven't seen a shrink-wrap setup for this, so far. If you want to build that from scratch, here are some pointers:

• You can use builtin commands for the mirroring of the repo.
• For multiple repos, just create a huge one and then add paths below the root.
• For me, the command line is "easy admin&config", so can't help you there
• To get user management, let subversion listen to localhost (127::1) and put an apache web server in front. There a loads of tools for user management for web servers.
• For backup&restore, see your standard server backup tools.

Answer 2

VisualSVN Server answers most of your requirements.

From the web promo page (my emphasis):

Zero Friction Setup and Maintenance

• One package with the latest versions of all required components
• Next-Next-Finish installation
• Smooth upgrade to new version

Enterprise-ready Server for Windows Platform

• Stable and secure Apache-based Windows service
• Support for SSL connections
• SSL certificate management
• Active Directory authentication and authorization with groups support
• Logging to the Windows Event Log
• Access and operational logging (Enterprise edition only)
• Based on open protocols and standards
• Configured by Subversion committer to work correctly out-of-the-box