[Opensim-dev] Region scalability of OpenSim

[Mic Bowman]

Sergiy,

The research group I run at Intel has been working on a number of
scalability projects. We use OpenSim as the platform for conducting the
research.

A number of publications on the results are here:
http://techresearch.intel.com/ProjectDetails.aspx?Id=154

<http://techresearch.intel.com/ProjectDetails.aspx?Id=154>--mic

C. Mic Bowman, PhD
Principal Engineer
Virtual World Infrastructure, Intel Labs


On Tue, Apr 26, 2011 at 6:34 PM, Sergiy Byelozyorov <
byelozyorov at cs.uni-saarland.de> wrote:

> Dear OpenSim developers,
>
> I am a researcher from the Saarland University. Recently I have been
> studying existing virtual worlds and stumbled upon OpenSimulator. I have
> heard of it before, however I always considered OpenSimulator a an
> open-source implementation of Second Life server and nothing more. As I have
> found out, I was wrong - OpenSim does support other protocols than SL. I
> became curious to know if you also support other architectures than Second
> Life's, since to our opinion regions are not scalable enough with Second
> Life. Please help me answering the following questions about what can
> current version of OpenSimulator do:
>
>    1. Can OpenSim create non-square regions? Can OpenSim create
>    overlapping regions? Can I bound my regions also in 3rd dimension?
>    2. Can OpenSim separate part of the volume of a region to a dedicated
>    server (think of a very popular bar with lots of users in the castle)?
>    3. Can OpenSim separate object scripting, location synchronization and
>    physics for one region into different physical servers?
>    4. Which one of these methods for improving scalability of a region<http://opensim-dev.2196679.n2.nabble.com/Region-Scalability-was-Re-Hi-All-td4470793.html>do you currently consider? Is there some method that is already implemented?
>
> Most of these questions are inspired by Sirikata, which was the first world
> that I have learned about. I do not expect that you are able to do all that,
> since you have used totally different approach to design your system.
> However, I have seen attempts to extend the architecture already (e.g.
> Hypergrid mode) and would like to know how far these attempts are reaching.
>
> Also I am looking for some scientific papers (tech reports, white papers,
> scientific journal articles) related to OpenSim. Please give me some
> pointers.
>
> Thank you,
>
> Sergiy Byelozyorov
> Computer Graphics Chair
> Universitat des Saarlandes
> Tel.: +49 (681) 302-3837
> Web: http://graphics.cs.uni-saarland.de/sbyelozyorov/
>
>
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