[Opensim-dev] oddities with asset storage

[Tommi Laukkanen]

I think somekind of hybrid of different strategies might work well. Maybe
each storage provider could keep the assets in database and use hash to
ensure there is no duplicates and a separate metadata entry which is ref
counted with the binary. Anyhow this would be up to the specific storage
provider implementation. When for one reason or another asset is referenced
by another storage provider then the other asset provider can clone it to
own storage. Rights for cloning can be deduced simply as follows: If you
have right to copy the asset you have right to clone it to your own service
provider. This would also leave distribution strategies etc. decissions for
the specific storage provider. All we need to do is figure out where and how
different storage providers are used. Can region have dedicated storage
provider? Can user have own storage provider? Can grid choose external
storage provider? How do these different storage providers play together in
all use cases?

regards,
Tommi
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