Case Study: Hidden Path Entertainment accelerates game development with Perforce P4

Hidden Path Entertainment speeds 120 GB gets from 2 hours to under 5 minutes with Perforce

Hidden Path Entertainment, an independent video game developer, faced significant performance and scaling challenges using Subversion (SVN) for version control. Their system became sluggish, locking up machines for minutes at a time when handling millions of files, and it lacked a stable backup solution. This prompted them to search for a more robust alternative, leading them to the vendor Perforce.

The solution was to implement Perforce P4. The results were immediate and dramatic; a process that previously took two hours to retrieve 120 GB of data was reduced to under five minutes. This performance boost was critical as the company soon began managing an additional 20 million files. Perforce also provided a more reliable system, which was proven when a full installation was easily recovered after an accidental deletion. The measurable impact was a highly scalable and stable version control system that supports 70 users across multiple time zones.

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