[Opensim-users] what is the memory limit of notecards in OpenSim

[R.Gunther]

On 2013-04-16 22:31, Justin Clark-Casey wrote:
> On 16/04/13 20:28, Jeff Kelley wrote:
>> At 9:55 AM -0400 4/16/13, Dr Ramesh Ramloll wrote:
>>
>>> Are there toolkits (scritps that can be enhanced/modified/combined) 
>>> that can speed
>>> the setting up an online database to store the data (if notecards 
>>> cannot do it).
>>
>> If you want to store files outside opensim:
>>
>> Using llHTTPRequest, I could read a 1048576 bytes (1Mb) file. No 
>> toolkit required.
>> However, you will hit script memory and time limits while processing 
>> as much data.
>>
>> With some PHP, you can also write files to a web server.
>>
>> I dit not test for the maximum length of a notecard. I have some 
>> about 50K. Depends on what you call "large". I would
>> suggest trying to create multiples of 64k and see when it fails. 
>> There's certainly a limit at mySQL max_allowed_packet
>> or below.
>
> Yes, osMakeNotecard does not currently police a size limit, so the 
> first limit you hit might be that of a MySQL blob.
>
> However, as assets are immutable, then if you may be saving large 
> files regularly then I would suggest doing it via an external 
> mechanism such as via llHTTPRequest to some external server as Jeff 
> outlines.
>
The only problem with external mechanism. but thast also with large 
blobs. the load time can be to high in case it would be used for 
something realtime.
Is there anyway a extra delay implemented in opensim with http or is 
there only the network delay ? that can be very low on local lan.