[Opensim-dev] Opensim database management - garbage collection

[Mike Mazur]

Hi,

On Wed, 14 Jan 2009 22:22:09 +0000
Ai Austin <ai.ai.austin at googlemail.com> wrote:

> I wonder if someone can summarise for me the way in which Opensim 
> manages old inaccessible assets... 

From what I understand, nothing is done to old inaccessible assets.
There is some difficulty in determining which assets are inaccessible.
The reasons include:

- assets can be referenced in scripts by UUID (so I heard)
- assets may be referenced by regions not currently online

In a grid where you control all the regions and databases, it should be
feasible to write a tool that can discover inaccessible assets.

> I.e. if someone uploads a texture, perhaps uses 
> it on an object that is then deleted, and then delete a texture, is 
> it removed from the database... or can it persist and be there
> forever?

AFAIK the texture remains in the DB forever.

Mike