As a developer, it is really important to have a reliable code repository. I use SVN (subversion) for all my projects and have been looking around for a decent way of outsourcing the repository – I want it accessible to all my staff all the time, it should also be secure and redundant.

We have now settled on CVSDude.com, an Australian based company (with it’s servers in the US), which has a huge following in the developer community. We’ve been using them for over a year now and have found their service to be fantastic.

The web-front end administration isn’t awesome (it needs a bit of a UI overhaul), however its perfectly useable. You can create multiple repositories (based on the package you purchase), create multiple users and get lots of space. We have the 3GB Team Pack with costs only $15US a month.

Communication with the US based repositories is lightning fast, which is what really counts, as you don’t want to be waiting around for your code to check in, or while you are doing a large diff.

I can thoroughly recommend CVSDude.com if you have any size team and need all the advantages of hosted SVN.


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