I often use tortoisesvn to checkout or update a working copy on a development server. Whenever I do this, it seems to slow down the network and other users complain that browsing websites and accessing files on the dev server is slow.
Is this a common bug in Subversion or has anyone else has come across similar problems?
Best Answer
If your dev server is at a remote site and you're using an asymmetric connection (e.g. ADSL) where the upload bandwidth is lower than the download bandwidth it's possible that you really are saturating the available upward bandwidth, particularly if you're committing large files. If you have a firewall or proxy that's got malware scanners checking the traffic you could possibly also be putting load onto that. A packet shaper or other agent that artificially throttles HTTP traffic might also cause this sort of bottleneck.
On a LAN you shouldn't be loading anything unless you're browsing a biblically large source tree or there's some sort of config or tuning issue on the server.