Stefan Andersson wrote: > I believe the general concensus was to support all three (four?) asset > server configs (internal, local, grid, hg(?)) but refactor the code paths.
Could you give a mailing list reference to this consensus discussion? I don't remember seeing it but it may have been before my time (which means it was more than a year ago). Local mode has never made much sense to me, so I would like to see some of the arguments for it. > > While I do understand the confusion, I have already shown how we could > re-arrange the services so that we get a uniform set of interfaces - > ideally, the config option should turn from specifying a mode to > specifying a module and its config. > > Best regards, > Stefan Andersson > Tribal Media AB > > > Date: Sun, 1 Feb 2009 22:29:18 +0000 > > From: mela...@t-data.com > > To: opensim-dev@lists.berlios.de > > Subject: Re: [Opensim-dev] asset_database = "local" or "grid"? > > > > Hi, > > > > funny you would suggest that. That is one of the code paths I > > suggested removing a long time ago, and was booed and rejected. > > > > Melanie > > > > > > Justin Clark-Casey wrote: > > > Chris Hart wrote: > > >> Setting asset_database to "local" will store your assets in a .db > sqlite > > >> database on your file system, and not in MySQL at all. If you run in > > >> grid mode, you should always set this to "grid" to avoid confusion > > >> unless you are connecting to someone else's grid and want your > assets to > > >> be stored locally and not on their asset server. > > >> > > >> I have to say I made that same mistake when first starting out with > > >> opensim and had to migrate all my assets over to my database server. > > >> Several others have made the same mistake and I've had to help them to > > >> migrate their assets too - is the local storage model really that > widely > > >> used? Should it actually be the default? For standalone I'm > guessing it > > >> is ignored(?), but in grid mode I've found it just causes pain and > > >> confusion. > > > > > > Chris is right - I find the asset_database switch annoying because > it catches me out on occasion. > > > > > > The problem with using local assets on a grid is one of grid asset > blakanization - people coming to your region can't > > > see your assets (because their requests go to the grid asset > service rather than your local asset store) and when you go > > > to other people's regions you can't rez objects you created on your > local region. > > > > > > But it strikes me that now, if you wanted to retain your regions > assets locally, you could set up your region as a > > > hypergrid enabled region, as Hypergrid regions use the local asset > store (there is conceptually no global). > > > > > > In view of this, I'd like to completely remove the asset_database > option. This would mean that in standalone and > > > hypergrid modes, the db used would always be local and in grid mode > the grid asset service would always be used. > > > > > > Are there any objections to this? > > > > > >> > > >> Chris / Strawberry Fride > > >> > > >> -----Original Message----- > > >> From: opensim-dev-boun...@lists.berlios.de > > >> [mailto:opensim-dev-boun...@lists.berlios.de] On Behalf Of Ai Austin > > >> Sent: 01 February 2009 17:12 > > >> To: opensim-dev@lists.berlios.de > > >> Subject: [Opensim-dev] asset_database = "local" or "grid"? > > >> > > >> I have MySQL running on the same system that the UGAIM servers are > > >> running on at the moment, though we want to separate some of them > out... > > >> > > >> I am wondering if I set asset_database = "grid" rather than > > >> asset_database = "local" is there any performance penalty... or will > > >> it run identically if the assets are in fact local anyway? > > >> > > >> _______________________________________________ > > >> Opensim-dev mailing list > > >> Opensim-dev@lists.berlios.de > > >> https://lists.berlios.de/mailman/listinfo/opensim-dev > > >> > > >> No virus found in this incoming message. > > >> Checked by AVG - www.avg.com > > >> Version: 8.0.233 / Virus Database: 270.10.16/1926 - Release Date: > > >> 01/30/09 17:31:00 > > >> _______________________________________________ > > >> Opensim-dev mailing list > > >> Opensim-dev@lists.berlios.de > > >> https://lists.berlios.de/mailman/listinfo/opensim-dev > > >> > > > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > Opensim-dev mailing list > > Opensim-dev@lists.berlios.de > > https://lists.berlios.de/mailman/listinfo/opensim-dev > > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------ > > _______________________________________________ > Opensim-dev mailing list > Opensim-dev@lists.berlios.de > https://lists.berlios.de/mailman/listinfo/opensim-dev -- justincc Justin Clark-Casey http://justincc.wordpress.com _______________________________________________ Opensim-dev mailing list Opensim-dev@lists.berlios.de https://lists.berlios.de/mailman/listinfo/opensim-dev
