[Opensim-users] revised terms...

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opensim.exe=RegionServer


On Wed, Nov 26, 2008 at 8:13 PM, James Stallings II <
james.stallings at gmail.com> wrote:

> 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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