[Opensim-users] Parcel Archiver?

[Len Brown]

I am tempted to say that individual parcel backups is not a good idea.  If
one is building on a parcel, as opposed to a full region, then simply
maintaining copies of their items in their inventory should be adequate.

Parcels come in so many sizes and making a backup would require the new
parcel for a restore would have to be identical in dimensions.  So this can
be very complex if you have a parcel that, for example, lies along a road so
the side of your parcel is angular.  Or if you have an odd-shaped parcel or
a combination of parcels that are separated by other parcels you do not own.

Backing up a region is simple enough given the standard dimensions, even
when dealing with megaregions, which are really just a combination of
multiple "regular" regions of standard size.

So I feel that backing up personal parcels should remain the process of
maintaining items in your personal inventory and making a backup of THAT
rather than the parcel area itself.

- Len W. Brown
     lenwbrown at gmail.com

On Sat, Nov 21, 2009 at 1:16 AM, Karen Palen <karen_palen at yahoo.com> wrote:

> Just a thought, but with the economics of OpenSim being totally different
> from Second Life, I wonder if we will end up with hundreds of tiny parcels
> in each region?
>
> It seems to me that there are several issues here concerning changes in
> parcel size/location between backup and restore as well as some
> ownership/covenant/zoning issues.
>
> As I think about the problem I am not sure I (or anyone else) can fully
> articulate even the nature of those issues since they depend heavily on the
> direction that OpenSim development and implementation takes.
>
> Just the same we do need to consider them as best we can lest we fall into
> some of the same traps as Second Life (content ownership, banking debacle,
> and gambling come to mind).
>
> Karen
>
> --- On Fri, 11/20/09, Robert Klein <rtkwebman at gmail.com> wrote:
>
> > From: Robert Klein <rtkwebman at gmail.com>
> > Subject: Re: [Opensim-users] Parcel Archiver?
> > To: opensim-users at lists.berlios.de
> > Date: Friday, November 20, 2009, 6:09 PM
> >
> > Hey Justin,
> >
> > Yes that is correct, just archive a single parcel on a
> > region. Whatever is
> > in the parcel gets put into the PAR file. Can it be done?
> >
> > -Robert
> >
> >
> > justincc wrote:
> > >
> > > Robert Klein wrote:
> > >> We have a OAR for regions and a IAR for inventory
> > but what about a PAR
> > >> for
> > >> doing parcel area archiving? It would be an easy
> > way to dedicate one
> > >> subdivided parcel area for bringing things in and
> > out of OpenSims that
> > >> either use the mega region or just have a single
> > region that is
> > >> subdivided.
> > >> Also the beauty of this would be in the future if
> > you have renters or
> > >> event
> > >> spaces you can keep backups of just those spaces.
> >
> > >
> > > I'm not too sure if I get exactly what you mean.
> > Are you talking about
> > > archiving just the contents of a single parcel on a
> > region?
> > >
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