Which SCM can comfortably handle 90,000 files

Question

I have a folder which contains a whitelabel-esque system; theres way over 90,000 files in there.

Currently its stored in SVN and we just checkout the sub-folders as required.

Would mercurial or another SCM be able to handle having the lot checked out at once without it dying when you try to commit.

Answer 1

I guess it would more depend on the capability of your system like RAM, processor speed etc rather than on capability of SCM tool.

Answer 2

Perforce is known for handling large commits fairly well.
See also "Is Perforce worth it?"

But infrastructure aspects need to be taken into account anyway.

Answer 3

I've done some analysis for this here: http://stackoverflow.com/questions/1396737/can-i-use-subversion-for-a-multi-gigabyte-data-set/1399598#1399598

(Read comments after my answer as well).

Answer 4

Another vote for Perforce as long as the server isn't running any Windows OS. I suggest at least a 6 core system with 24 Gb of RAM and a decent RAID under Linux.

Answer 5

Perforce and PureCM and the quickest version control tools for checkout and checkin. I would be wary of Perforce if you are planning on branching. Perforce will be VERY slow branching this number of files. PureCM will handle this fine.