[Opensim-dev] New Opensim features and minimum hosting hardware requirements

[Tim Shephard]

Rather than focusing too much on limiting features, I think more advanced
performance debugging features would be better for everyone (users and
developers).

Not being able to understand what is slowing down a sim has always been a
far bigger problem than forcing someone to only use x # of prims or scripts.

For example, even with big limits on a sim, users can still be slowed to a
standstill by a specific type of script or by particularly warped prims &
physics.


On Sun, Aug 24, 2008 at 5:14 PM, Joshua Garvin <jgarvin at profitfuel.com>wrote:

> Would it be possible to cull which scripts are running by marking them with
> attributes?
>
> [ScriptCulling(ScriptCullingEnum.EmptyRegion |
> ScriptCullingEnum.MaxRegionScriptsReached |
> ScriptCullingEnum.MaxServerScriptsReached )]
>
> - Josh
>
>
> On Fri, Aug 22, 2008 at 11:58 AM, Justin Clark-Casey <
> jjustincc at googlemail.com> wrote:
>
>> Dahlia Trimble wrote:
>>
>> >
>> > Given the increasing popularity of Opensim and the rate at which these
>> > features are being implemented, I think now may be a good time to
>> > address some of these concerns and also to attempt to influence user
>> > expectations if some alternatives may provide a better experience at a
>> > lower cost.
>>
>> One thing I would love to see is some performance tests (possibly in the
>> OpenSim core, or maybe even
>> as an external package).  If these could be run and the results possibly
>> posted to a website (along
>> with machine information and OpenSim configuration information) that would
>> be tres tres cool.
>>
>> I know that's a lot to ask but one can dream :-)  Of course, it doesn't
>> simulate realistic long term
>> loading but it would provide some very interesting data.
>>
>> >
>> >
>> >
>> >
>> >      > * How many scripts are continuously running in a region
>> >      >
>> >      > * How many scripts an avatar is allowed to have in attachments
>> and
>> >      > how often they do expensive operations
>> >      >
>> >      > * How many prims are in a region and how complex they are
>> >
>> >     I'm sure such a system would be beneficial. Besides the performance
>> >     considerations, it would also grant region owners pretty fine
>> grained
>> >     control over what they allow or disallow to occur in their regions.
>> >     That could be very useful.
>> >
>> >     (A real-life example of giving region owners control over their
>> region
>> >     that comes to mind is giving cinemas the ability to block mobile
>> phones
>> >     in the theater.)
>> >
>> >     Mike
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