[Opensim-users] standalone vs. grid

[Paul Fishwick]

Still trying to get my head around the exact differences between
StandAlone vs. Grid. At one time, I thought the word "grid" meant
the rectangular configuration of regions. Is this rectangular collection
of regions called the "sim" instead ?  I can see that in grid mode, one 
could
fire up each of the 5 main servers + the OpenSim process, each on
a separate computer. One would just reset the .xml files to point to
the correct IPs and database(s)?

However, could one partition the sim by computer? If so, what is
the mapping of computers to sim in terms of where the database(s)
are located and where the 6 processes are located (UGAIM +
OpenSim)?

For example, if I were to recommend that at the university level,
they should have a grid of, say, 16x16 regions, could this be divided
into 4 4x4 sims, each having separate sets of computers? Thanks --
I've looked online but have not seen this level of detail--I may be
looking in the wrong place.
-paul


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