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Once upon a time it was an ambition of ours to be able to separate scene and region as well, so that one scene (collection of entities that is governed by a physscene) could be spread out over several regions (which we have thought of as 'IP EndPoint') - and one region could consist of several scenes, each goverend by their own set of modules.<BR><BR>
That process has long since stopped, but I do think the idea had some merit.<BR>
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Just to add to the confusion. ;)<BR><BR>Best regards,<BR>Stefan Andersson<BR>Tribal Media AB<BR> <BR>Join the 3d web revolution : <A href="http://tribalnet.se/">http://tribalnet.se/</A><BR> <BR><BR><BR><BR><BR><BR>
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Date: Wed, 26 Nov 2008 13:13:59 -0600<BR>From: james.stallings@gmail.com<BR>To: opensim-users@lists.berlios.de<BR>Subject: Re: [Opensim-users] revised terms...<BR><BR>Sounds pretty concise to me :)<BR><BR>The only suggestion I would make is to use the term 'sim' to refer to the 'simulator instance' - i.e., a running instance of the simulator software, serving one or more 'regions', i.e., one 65535m^2 spot on the grid-local map.<BR><BR>These terms are often used interchangeably, where perhaps theey should not be.<BR><BR>Cheers!<BR>James<BR><BR><BR>
<DIV class=EC_gmail_quote>On Wed, Nov 26, 2008 at 12:43 PM, Paul Fishwick <SPAN dir=ltr><<A href="mailto:fishwick@cise.ufl.edu">fishwick@cise.ufl.edu</A>></SPAN> wrote:<BR>
<BLOCKQUOTE class=EC_gmail_quote style="PADDING-LEFT: 1ex">Here is a suggested rewrite. Hopefully, I have<BR>not confused matters:<BR><BR>1. Logical Space (map) is defined as follows:<BR><BR> 1.1 A Grid contains one or more Regions,<BR> where each region is managed by<BR> a different Region Server. A Grid map<BR> is indexed by Grid coordinates.<BR> [Example: OSGrid]<BR> 1.2 A Sim contains one or more Regions,<BR> where each region is managed by<BR> the same Region Server. A Sim map is<BR> indexed by Sim coordinates.<BR> 1.3 A Region is 65,536 sq. meters, and<BR> contains one or more Parcels<BR><BR><BR>2. Physical space (architecture) is defined as follows:<BR><BR> 2.1 StandAlone Mode is one computer running<BR> one Sim (one instance of OpenSim).<BR> 2.2 Grid Mode is one or more computers in the<BR> following configurations:<BR> 2.2.1 Region Server: Region servers are<BR> defined by an instance of OpenSim, and<BR> they are clients of the Grid Server.<BR> [Example: a region that connects to OSGrid]<BR> 2.2.2 Grid Server: Grid servers (UGAIM) connect<BR> the Region Servers together to form a Grid.<BR> [Example: OSGrid servers]<BR> 2.3 Hypergrid Mode is a hyperlinked configuration<BR> involving Sims and Grids<BR><BR><BR><BR><BR>p<BR><BR>John Hopkin wrote:<BR>> Paul Fishwick wrote:<BR>><BR>><BR>>> A Region is the same thing as a Sim (65,536 sq. meters)<BR>>><BR>><BR>> Rightly or wrongly, I've been making a distinction between those two<BR>> terms since using Opensim, although they're pretty much equivalent in<BR>> SL:<BR>><BR>> - A Region is a 64K area<BR>> - A Sim is an instance of OpenSim.exe<BR>><BR>> A single Sim can host several Regions; Linden tend to run each Region<BR>> in a separate Sim, so they can be split in hardware terms, but I<BR>> prefer to run my four Regions with just one Sim, and this is normal<BR>> for Opensim.<BR>> _______________________________________________<BR>> Opensim-users mailing list<BR>> <A href="mailto:Opensim-users@lists.berlios.de">Opensim-users@lists.berlios.de</A><BR>> <A href="https://lists.berlios.de/mailman/listinfo/opensim-users">https://lists.berlios.de/mailman/listinfo/opensim-users</A><BR>><BR>><BR><BR><BR>--<BR>Dr. Paul A. Fishwick E-Mail: <A href="mailto:fishwick@cise.ufl.edu">fishwick@cise.ufl.edu</A><BR>Dept. of Computer & Info Phone & FAX: (352) 392-1414<BR> Science and Engineering WWW: <A href="http://www.cise.ufl.edu/~fishwick">http://www.cise.ufl.edu/~fishwick</A><BR>University of Florida (PGP Key available at above WWW address)<BR>P. O. Box 116120<BR>332 Bldg. CSE, Gainesville, FL 32611-6120<BR><BR>_______________________________________________<BR>Opensim-users mailing list<BR><A href="mailto:Opensim-users@lists.berlios.de">Opensim-users@lists.berlios.de</A><BR><A href="https://lists.berlios.de/mailman/listinfo/opensim-users">https://lists.berlios.de/mailman/listinfo/opensim-users</A><BR></BLOCKQUOTE></DIV><BR><BR clear=all><BR>-- <BR>===================================<BR>The wind<BR>scours the earth for prayers<BR>The night obscures them<BR><BR><A href="http://osgrid.org/">http://osgrid.org</A><BR><A href="http://del.icio.us/SPQR">http://del.icio.us/SPQR</A><BR><A href="http://twitter.com/jstallings2">http://twitter.com/jstallings2</A><BR><A href="http://www.linkedin.com/pub/5/770/a49">http://www.linkedin.com/pub/5/770/a49</A><BR></body>
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