Sounds pretty concise to me :)<br><br>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.<br>
<br>These terms are often used interchangeably, where perhaps theey should not be.<br><br>Cheers!<br>James<br><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Wed, Nov 26, 2008 at 12:43 PM, Paul Fishwick <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:fishwick@cise.ufl.edu">fishwick@cise.ufl.edu</a>></span> wrote:<br>
<blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="border-left: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex; padding-left: 1ex;">Here is a suggested rewrite. Hopefully, I have<br>
not confused matters:<br>
<br>
1. Logical Space (map) is defined as follows:<br>
<br>
1.1 A Grid contains one or more Regions,<br>
where each region is managed by<br>
a different Region Server. A Grid map<br>
is indexed by Grid coordinates.<br>
[Example: OSGrid]<br>
1.2 A Sim contains one or more Regions,<br>
where each region is managed by<br>
the same Region Server. A Sim map is<br>
indexed by Sim coordinates.<br>
1.3 A Region is 65,536 sq. meters, and<br>
contains one or more Parcels<br>
<br>
<br>
2. Physical space (architecture) is defined as follows:<br>
<br>
2.1 StandAlone Mode is one computer running<br>
one Sim (one instance of OpenSim).<br>
2.2 Grid Mode is one or more computers in the<br>
following configurations:<br>
2.2.1 Region Server: Region servers are<br>
defined by an instance of OpenSim, and<br>
they are clients of the Grid Server.<br>
[Example: a region that connects to OSGrid]<br>
2.2.2 Grid Server: Grid servers (UGAIM) connect<br>
the Region Servers together to form a Grid.<br>
[Example: OSGrid servers]<br>
2.3 Hypergrid Mode is a hyperlinked configuration<br>
involving Sims and Grids<br>
<br>
<br>
<br>
<br>
p<br>
<br>
John Hopkin wrote:<br>
> Paul Fishwick wrote:<br>
><br>
><br>
>> A Region is the same thing as a Sim (65,536 sq. meters)<br>
>><br>
><br>
> Rightly or wrongly, I've been making a distinction between those two<br>
> terms since using Opensim, although they're pretty much equivalent in<br>
> SL:<br>
><br>
> - A Region is a 64K area<br>
> - A Sim is an instance of OpenSim.exe<br>
><br>
> A single Sim can host several Regions; Linden tend to run each Region<br>
> in a separate Sim, so they can be split in hardware terms, but I<br>
> prefer to run my four Regions with just one Sim, and this is normal<br>
> for Opensim.<br>
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