[Opensim-users] revised terms...

[James Stallings II]

Sounds pretty concise to me :)

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.

These terms are often used interchangeably, where perhaps theey should not
be.

Cheers!
James

On Wed, Nov 26, 2008 at 12:43 PM, Paul Fishwick <fishwick at cise.ufl.edu>wrote:

> Here is a suggested rewrite. Hopefully, I have
> not confused matters:
>
> 1. Logical Space (map) is defined as follows:
>
>   1.1 A Grid contains one or more Regions,
>         where each region is managed by
>         a different Region Server. A Grid map
>         is indexed by Grid coordinates.
>         [Example: OSGrid]
>   1.2 A Sim contains one or more Regions,
>         where each region is managed by
>          the same Region Server. A Sim map is
>          indexed by Sim coordinates.
>   1.3 A Region is 65,536 sq. meters, and
>         contains one or more Parcels
>
>
> 2. Physical space (architecture) is defined as follows:
>
>    2.1 StandAlone Mode is one computer running
>          one Sim (one instance of OpenSim).
>    2.2 Grid Mode is one or more computers in the
>          following configurations:
>          2.2.1  Region Server: Region servers  are
>                    defined by an instance of OpenSim, and
>                    they are clients of the Grid Server.
>                    [Example: a region that connects to OSGrid]
>          2.2.2  Grid Server: Grid servers (UGAIM) connect
>                    the Region Servers together to form a Grid.
>                    [Example: OSGrid servers]
>     2.3  Hypergrid Mode is a hyperlinked configuration
>            involving Sims and Grids
>
>
>
>
> p
>
> John Hopkin wrote:
> > Paul Fishwick wrote:
> >
> >
> >> A Region is the same thing as a Sim (65,536 sq. meters)
> >>
> >
> > Rightly or wrongly, I've been making a distinction between those two
> > terms since using Opensim, although they're pretty much equivalent in
> > SL:
> >
> > - A Region is a 64K area
> > - A Sim is an instance of OpenSim.exe
> >
> > A single Sim can host several Regions; Linden tend to run each Region
> > in a separate Sim, so they can be split in hardware terms, but I
> > prefer to run my four Regions with just one Sim, and this is normal
> > for Opensim.
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