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Subject:    [Opensim-dev] Region scalability of OpenSim
From:       lopes () ics ! uci ! edu (Cristina Videira Lopes)
Date:       2011-04-27 16:56:08
Message-ID: 4DB84AA8.7040904 () ics ! uci ! edu
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Sergiy,

The software architecture of OpenSim is such that it is relatively easy 
for people to develop all sorts of architectural variants. So the answer 
to the question "can OpenSim do X?", in most cases is "yes, if you care 
to do that variant." (except perhaps your 1st questions)

As for the Hypergrid, here is the draft of a paper currently under the 
last round of reviews.
http://dl.dropbox.com/u/18483217/hypergrid-draft.pdf

Regards,
Crista

On 4/26/2011 6:34 PM, Sergiy Byelozyorov wrote:
> Dear OpenSim developers,
>
> I am a researcher from the Saarland University. Recently I have been 
> studying existing virtual worlds and stumbled upon OpenSimulator. I 
> have heard of it before, however I always considered OpenSimulator a 
> an open-source implementation of Second Life server and nothing more. 
> As I have found out, I was wrong - OpenSim does support other 
> protocols than SL. I became curious to know if you also support other 
> architectures than Second Life's, since to our opinion regions are not 
> scalable enough with Second Life. Please help me answering the 
> following questions about what can current version of OpenSimulator do:
>
>    1. Can OpenSim create non-square regions? Can OpenSim create
>       overlapping regions? Can I bound my regions also in 3rd dimension?
>    2. Can OpenSim separate part of the volume of a region to a
>       dedicated server (think of a very popular bar with lots of users
>       in the castle)?
>    3. Can OpenSim separate object scripting, location synchronization
>       and physics for one region into different physical servers?
>    4. Which one of these methods for improving scalability of a region
>       <http://opensim-dev.2196679.n2.nabble.com/Region-Scalability-was-Re-Hi-All-td4470793.html>
>       do you currently consider? Is there some method that is already
>       implemented?
>
> Most of these questions are inspired by Sirikata, which was the first 
> world that I have learned about. I do not expect that you are able to 
> do all that, since you have used totally different approach to design 
> your system. However, I have seen attempts to extend 
> the architecture already (e.g. Hypergrid mode) and would like to know 
> how far these attempts are reaching.
>
> Also I am looking for some scientific papers (tech reports, white 
> papers, scientific journal articles) related to OpenSim. Please give 
> me some pointers.
>
> Thank you,
>
> Sergiy Byelozyorov
> Computer Graphics Chair
> Universitat des Saarlandes
> Tel.: +49 (681) 302-3837
> Web: http://graphics.cs.uni-saarland.de/sbyelozyorov/
>
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