[Opensim-users] Anyone running OpenSim on Amazon EC2?

[Dirk Krause]

I wonder how he tested the peak power?

I actually thought about EC2 mostly because of the availability of High CPU instances (I don't know if they were available when Phil tested it).

One of the obvious business cases (among others) would be to host virtual conferences in a 'private' OpenSim network. The company I work for is testing this for its customers as a part of the R&D activities. In this conferencing scenario you'd need some power, but only for a limited time, something that EC2 seems perfect for. Obviously the scalability still is to be provided by the software, that's why I think that in the future different service (for example messaging services) could be provided as webservices and thus be hosted on different instances. Of course there's some miles to go there.

My test were just small proof of concepts. To do proper testing we need more time and - at some time soon - funding. In the meantime I am working on proposals for some german or EU research projects which we might launch.



-----Ursprüngliche Nachricht-----
Von: opensim-users-bounces at lists.berlios.de [mailto:opensim-users-bounces at lists.berlios.de] Im Auftrag von Arnaud Fontaine
Gesendet: Dienstag, 16. September 2008 13:04
An: opensim-users at lists.berlios.de
Betreff: Re: [Opensim-users] Anyone running OpenSim on Amazon EC2?

Hi,

A few month ago, when I met Philip Rosedale in Paris, he told me he
tried to run Second Life on EC2.
He didn't keep that as a solution because of the lack of peak power
EC2 can provide.

Did you do some benchmarrk with OpenSim on EC2 ?

On Sat, Sep 13, 2008 at 7:50 PM, Mike Deem <mike at maimedleech.com> wrote:
> Thanks Dirk, this will be interesting to try out.
>
>   == Mike ==
>
> On Sat, Sep 13, 2008 at 10:12 AM, Dirk Krause <dirk.krause at pixelpark.com>
> wrote:
>>
>> good point. I added 'ec2-authorize default -p 9000' .
>> ________________________________
>> Von: Jeff Barr [mailto:jeff at vertexdev.com]
>> Gesendet: Sa 13.09.2008 18:32
>> An: Dirk Krause
>> Cc: opensim-users at lists.berlios.de
>> Betreff: Re: [Opensim-users] Anyone running OpenSim on Amazon EC2?
>>
>> Hi Dirk,
>>
>> This looks very helpful. Did you also manage to open up all of the
>> network ports needed to access OpenSim from the outside? This would
>> also be worth documenting.
>>
>> Jeff;
>>
>> Dirk Krause wrote:
>> > Hi Jeff and all,
>> >
>> > I put up a description on how to get OpenSim running on Amazon EC2 in
>> > this blog:
>> >
>> > http://www.web3d-blog.de/?p=202
>> >
>> > If something seems wrong or not clear, post it here or in the comments.
>> >
>> > Best regards,
>> >   Dirk
>> >
>> >
>> > -----Ursprüngliche Nachricht-----
>> > Von: opensim-users-bounces at lists.berlios.de
>> > [mailto:opensim-users-bounces at lists.berlios.de] Im Auftrag von Jeff Barr
>> > Gesendet: Freitag, 5. September 2008 16:14
>> > An: opensim-users at lists.berlios.de
>> > Betreff: [Opensim-users] Anyone running OpenSim on Amazon EC2?
>> >
>> > I'm getting ready for some sessions at the VW Forum in Europe
>> > and would be interested in hearing from anyone who has managed
>> > to get OpenSim to run on Amazon EC2.
>> >
>> > I am interested in the technical nitty gritty of what you needed
>> > to do, both for installation and for network configuration,
>> > and of examples of interesting uses enabled by the fact that
>> > you can use EC2 to spin up a sim on-demand.
>> >
>> > Thanks,
>> >
>> > Jeff;
>> >
>>
>> --
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>> * Second Life:         Jeffronius Batra
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>> * Blog:                http://www.jeff-barr.com
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