[Opensim-dev] Local assets in Grid mode

[Melanie]

Yes. In the future it will be. But to get there at all, the first 
logical step is to remove local asset mode. It was only a kludge, 
left over because of legacy compatibility.
It has become a stumbling block now and needs to be relegated to the 
junkyard of ancient code history.

Melanie


James Hughes wrote:
> Melanie wrote:
>> What I propose is a multi-step process.
>>
>> 1. Remove the local assets flag and the code needed to use local 
>> assets. At this time, local asset regions need to start a local
>> asset server and change their grid asset server to point to 127.0.0.1.
>>
>> 2. Refactor the asset loading system, providing a persistent local 
>> asset cache and cleaner code paths.
>>
>> Up to here, there would be no functional changes.
>>
>> 3. Extend the interface to get a "asset search list", which will let 
>> the region's avatars use grid assets even while in the local asset 
>> region.
>>
>> Melanie
>>
>>   
> As grids start to inter-connect the asset system will, probably, become
> very distributed. Maybe the Grid server will provide a service to
> automatically point Region servers to Asset servers that are trusted for
> the "local" grid. Then Regions could add others as needed in the
> configuration.
> 
> Say a region on grid-a has a vendor in a rental space. The items to be
> sold are hosted on the Asset service for grid-b. And, I make my home on
> a region in grid-c. If I purchase the item, the Region on grid-a needs
> to point my Inventory service to the grid-b Asset service to make a
> reference to the item. And, possibly arrange a copy of the item to be
> transfered to my Asset service on grid-c. And, when I rez the item on my
> home grid, it could be pulled from my grid's Asset server, or possibly
> the grid-b Asset server.
> 
> The Inventory service could also point to multiple Asset services to
> make the system redundant to provide a backup feature.
> 
> BlueWall <j>
> 
> 
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