Version control system for huge files?

Question

I am looking for a quick but not-so-dirty way to do snapshots of a bunch of files totaling about 80 gigs. The issue here is that many of the files are around 1 GB large.

What is the best free version control system for this type of thing?

I know ZFS is an option, but I'd rather try something else first.

Answer 1

Subversion will handle your > 1GB files with good natured aplomb for the most part but if there are many large changes expect the generation of diffs to take a while...

Best practices here has a section on large files: http://svn.collab.net/repos/svn/trunk/doc/user/svn-best-practices.html

Answer 2

You might really want to try Monotone though, just check it out. You might find what you are looking for with it.