free private SVN with biggest disk space?

I'm not aware of an SVN hoster that offer that amount of space for free. Yet it shouldn't be too expensive to buy a plan that meets your requirements, probably around 10€/month.

Why not use tortoise svn in that case. Free and space is limited to your hard drive capacity.

Yep, most flexible free solution is to host it yourself Leave a PC on 24/7 running the SVN daemon, and tell your router to forward the SVN ports on to that PC.

Alternatively, it's free to rent a private host in the amazon cloud with 5GB of storage (for the first 12 months).

[edit] as pointed out below this can be as expensive as renting a server/service -- A 250W PC * 0.15c/kWh * 24hrs * 30days = ~$27/month -- so check your utility rates and look into low-power PCs to use as the server :D

Yep, most flexible free solution is to host it yourself Leave a PC on 24/7 running the SVN daemon, and tell your router to forward the SVN ports on to that PC.

pretty much this, i use VisualSVN as the server, and it's pretty straight forward setup. of course this means you either need an isp that gives you a public ip address(ours isn't technically a static address, but it hasn't been changed in over a year).

If you don't have a static IP, there's a few free dynamic DNS services out there who will give you a static domain name that redirects to your dynamic IP.

If it's for personal use, you can just have it on your local network with no need for a static address.

Ofcourse, leaving a PC on for 24/7 that you otherwise wouldn't be using can cost a pretty penny depending on your electrical costs in your area - it might even be higher than the $10 a month you'd be paying to online hosts.

You can configure your devices so they automaticly turn off during the night and then turn back on, but even so, compare your power bills for a few months to double-check that everything's good.

(You can also configure your devices so they aren't pulling power for unneccesary tasks and unneccesary hardware - you don't need a videocard and monitor hooked up to a server)

Assembla offers a free personal plan: https://www.assembla.com/sign-up

From the site:

• 1 Private Project, 2 Users
• 1 SVN, Git, or Perforce Repository
• 500 MB Storage

You're probably not going to find that for free.

I use Dreamhost for my web-hosting plan -- I don't use them for Version Control, but they do have 1-click SVN install as an option. Disk space / bandwidth limits are high enough to be effectively unlimited for any reasonable purpose. I pay around $10 USD / month.

Another option would be a VPS or similar. There are many options for hosts, but the one I like best is Digital Ocean -- you can get an instance with 1CPU / 512MB RAM /20GB storage / 1TB traffic per month for just $5 -- and they actually bill hourly, so you don't pay if you take it down for any reason. For $10/mo, you get 1CPU/ 1GB RAM /30GB storage /2TB traffic. Either plan would be enough to run a version control system and then some -- maybe webhosting, a bug tracker, and a nightly build system if you were so inclined.

I also recommend digitalocean - they are very cheap and the uptime has been great.

You can have an svn server up and running on a debian instance in minutes and pay very little per month. I think I pay $5 for mine, but i don't put my version control on it - my repositories are stored in a git repository on a local linux server managed by a commercial program called atlassian stash which has a one-off price of $10.

You might want to look into installing a similar system for svn as it simplifies creation of repositories and security etc, rather than having to do it all from the command-line. Were you thinking of a windows, or a *nix server to host the svn on?

I also use Assembla, though I pay $9 (about £6 for me) per month for access to the integrated ticketing and project management stuff on there, as well as increased SVN space. If it's going to be something I use every day then paying a small fee for good quality service is worth it.

For those who find this now, the OP actually had the solution. Dropbox + SVN is a fine solution and one that my team has been using for awhile now. Once you have Dropbox installed on your machine you can create an SVN workspace within that folder and checkin/out files as normal. It's nice when you get 100 gigs for $9.00 dollars a month and it spans across your team. Of course unless you have the business Dropbox that has multiple users you have to make sure you trust your team with your dropbox account information to get access to the SVN repo.

You can use this to help

http://foyzulkarim.blogspot.com/2012/12/dropbox-as-svn-repository.html

Thanks,

-Anthony

Another vote for Assembla, it looks like their free plans cover what was asked for, except only 1GB instead of 5GB. Also, they support the site (see the bottom of every page for their link with a special gamedev promo code) so that's a good reason to send them a thank you note, if nothing else.

The Dropbox+SVN method is dangerous, you run a high risk of corrupting your repository when syncing between multiple devices because there is no concept of authority.
Unless your entire team is very strict and coordinated when updating the repository, avoid this at all costs.

If SVN is not a requirement, I strongly recommend a private BitBucket git repository.

Aside from the free personal plan, Assembla offers a paid plan for $14 a month, featuring integrated ticketing and robust project management, as well as SVN, git, and Perforce Hosting (P4) for really big files - 3D models, video, graphics, etc.

It also include:

• Collaborative Code Review & Merge
• Supports stream depots
• Offers Team & Branch Permissions

Here's the free trail link: https://www.assembla.com/game-developers

Yep, most flexible free solution is to host it yourself laugh.png Leave a PC on 24/7 running the SVN daemon, and tell your router to forward the SVN ports on to that PC.



Alternatively, it's free to rent a private host in the amazon cloud with 5GB of storage (for the first 12 months).



[edit] as pointed out below this can be as expensive as renting a server/service -- A 250W PC * 0.15c/kWh * 24hrs * 30days = ~$27/month -- so check your utility rates and look into low-power PCs to use as the server

Instead of a PC you can use a NAS too (best to use a NAS with RAID for data security). Many NAS (e.g. qnap) have a solid power management including a spin-down of the harddisks.

If the NAS is not able to handle SVN (either it does not allow installation of SVN or the processor is not powerful enough), you can still use it as simple data storage for your repository (much like a cloud-storage) and install SVN on your dev-machine. Thought this will not be really useful in a multi-user environment.

[edit] as pointed out below this can be as expensive as renting a server/service -- A 250W PC * 0.15c/kWh * 24hrs * 30days = ~$27/month -- so check your utility rates and look into low-power PCs to use as the server

For comparison: I'm running an old Core2 Duo linux based server at 65W and a new i5 QNAP NAS at 50W (measured during idle but rotating HDDs), each one with 4 HDDs in RAID 1+0. When disks get parked during low access frequency times, the values drop accordingly.

Yep, most flexible free solution is to host it yourself Leave a PC on 24/7 running the SVN daemon, and tell your router to forward the SVN ports on to that PC.

Alternatively, it's free to rent a private host in the amazon cloud with 5GB of storage (for the first 12 months).

[edit] as pointed out below this can be as expensive as renting a server/service -- A 250W PC * 0.15c/kWh * 24hrs * 30days = ~$27/month -- so check your utility rates and look into low-power PCs to use as the server

You get a few zeroes wrong there? Looks like you forget some of the magnitude differences in the units.

http://www.wolframalpha.com/input/?i=250W+*+0.15c%2FkWh+*+1+month

"250 W (watts)×0.15¢/kW·h (US cents per kilowatt hour)×1 month"

"27.40¢ (US cents)"

If you have the hardware, internet, etc. already, then not so pricey (assuming that 0.15c/kWh is right, I don't personally pay direct so not even sure for my own country).

You get a few zeroes wrong there? Looks like you forget some of the magnitude differences in the units.

Yes, he was using the wrong units. Consumer electricity rates are about 15 cents per kilowatt-hour, not 0.15 cents. The final answer of almosdt 30 USD per month was correct.

Didn't see anyone mentioning this (often overlooked) detail:

A very important part of having your files hosted is also security.

Not from theft, but from things like flooding, fire and disk/hardware failure.

If you choose to host it on your own hardware, you should make sure to protect your data from those issues too, they are actually a lot more likely to happen, then someone trying to steal your files.

Add the hardware for it (or separate online service), and hassle of that, to the electricity bill, and suddenly 10-20 bucks per month isn't that expensive anymore.