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.<br><br>
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.<br>
<br>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.<br><br>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.<br>
<br>- Len W. Brown<br> <a href="mailto:lenwbrown@gmail.com">lenwbrown@gmail.com</a> <br><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Sat, Nov 21, 2009 at 1:16 AM, Karen Palen <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:karen_palen@yahoo.com">karen_palen@yahoo.com</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;">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?<br>
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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.<br>
<br>
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.<br>
<br>
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).<br>
<br>
Karen<br>
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--- On Fri, 11/20/09, Robert Klein <<a href="mailto:rtkwebman@gmail.com">rtkwebman@gmail.com</a>> wrote:<br>
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> From: Robert Klein <<a href="mailto:rtkwebman@gmail.com">rtkwebman@gmail.com</a>><br>
> Subject: Re: [Opensim-users] Parcel Archiver?<br>
> To: <a href="mailto:opensim-users@lists.berlios.de">opensim-users@lists.berlios.de</a><br>
> Date: Friday, November 20, 2009, 6:09 PM<br>
><br>
> Hey Justin,<br>
><br>
> Yes that is correct, just archive a single parcel on a<br>
> region. Whatever is<br>
> in the parcel gets put into the PAR file. Can it be done?<br>
><br>
> -Robert<br>
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><br>
> justincc wrote:<br>
> ><br>
> > Robert Klein wrote:<br>
> >> We have a OAR for regions and a IAR for inventory<br>
> but what about a PAR<br>
> >> for<br>
> >> doing parcel area archiving? It would be an easy<br>
> way to dedicate one<br>
> >> subdivided parcel area for bringing things in and<br>
> out of OpenSims that<br>
> >> either use the mega region or just have a single<br>
> region that is<br>
> >> subdivided.<br>
> >> Also the beauty of this would be in the future if<br>
> you have renters or<br>
> >> event<br>
> >> spaces you can keep backups of just those spaces.<br>
><br>
> ><br>
> > I'm not too sure if I get exactly what you mean. <br>
> Are you talking about<br>
> > archiving just the contents of a single parcel on a<br>
> region?<br>
> ><br>
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