[Opensim-users] Parcel Archiver?

Sat Nov 21 08:59:45 UTC 2009

One way to go about it could be to make sure the oar is subdivided into
parcels when storing it; if so, one would probably backup the whole oar, but
be able to restore only parts of the oar.

I have only used oars for full backup, so I don't know if the parcel info is
already stored in it?

/Stefan

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[mailto:opensim-users-bounces at lists.berlios.de] On Behalf Of Len Brown
Sent: den 21 november 2009 09:20
To: opensim-users at lists.berlios.de
Subject: Re: [Opensim-users] Parcel Archiver?

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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