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Subject:    [Opensim-users] Multiples of Diva's Megaregion Server
From:       lenwbrown () gmail ! com (Len Brown)
Date:       2009-09-23 14:11:18
Message-ID: 81dc9e650909230711t7f5f457eta7dbc81775dcb959 () mail ! gmail ! com
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Thank you so much for your reply.  Again, I'm tremendously pleased with your
implementation so far and most certainly look forward to further
enhancements to your particular distro as they become available.

And thanks for writing up something later on!

At first I was pretty hesitant about the whole "megaregion" thing to begin
with bt as I got to giving it really serious consideration I began to
realize it's just my stern opposition to anything different from "the norm"
that sometimes causes me more grief than comfort.

After a bit of foresight I began seeing many wonderful benefits.  This
original posting here for example...  I'd been working on a map of a whole
island I wanted to create in OS but it would have required a grid of 5X5
regular regions to make up a total of 25 regions to manage and run.

With megaregions, I can run a simple 3X3 grid of 9 servers and wind up with
the equlavent of 36 regions - substantially more overall virtual space to
play with but with substantually fewer individual servers to maintain.

:)  If I were a cat I'd be purring right now.  Wait a sec, let me switch
avatars...  There we go!

purrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrr...

- Len

On Wed, Sep 23, 2009 at 8:45 AM, <diva at metaverseink.com> wrote:

> Great question! I didn't want to go there right now, because hybrid
> architectures will be much easier to set up once all services are
> running on the new connectors. However... let me explain very briefly
> the main idea. I'll write something up as way of a blog post with more
> details later today, ok?
>
> In principle, you can stitch several standalones together to form a
> larger world. The trick is to use the same MySql DB for all of them.
> Having a MySql server  as the backend has this tremendous advantage that
> the DB can be naturally shared among several machines. So set one of the
> machines as the MySQL server, make the opensim account on it be
> accessible from other machines, and carefully place the regions so that
> they are adjacent.
>
> :-)
> I'll write up the details later.
>
> Skidz Tweak wrote:
> > I would be interested in the answer to this as well? I to am running the
> > Diva server?
> >
> > But from what I understand? Diva grid is made to run as a standalone? as
> > apposed to grid mode, so not sure if its possible.
> >
> > Plus if you did make the changes? wouldn't the update application mess
> > this up?
> >
> >
> >
> > *From:* opensim-users-bounces at lists.berlios.de
> > [mailto:opensim-users-bounces at lists.berlios.de] *On Behalf Of *Len Brown
> > *Sent:* Wednesday, September 23, 2009 4:49 AM
> > *To:* opensim-users at lists.berlios.de
> > *Subject:* [Opensim-users] Multiples of Diva's Megaregion Server
> >
> >
> >
> > I'm a little foggy on coordinating multiple servers and ask for some
> > clarification...
> >
> >     Using OpenSim 0.6.5.1 I've classically created multiple region xml
> > files and utilized that method for having a single OpenSim server to
> > host multiple regions locally.
> >
> >      Having now successfully set up and logged into Diva's new
> > distribution and having begun realizing the benefits of the megaregion
> > concept, at least when playing around and designing objects locally, I'd
> > like to stich together several megaregions.
> >
> >      Specifically I'm wanting to connect 9 megaregions in a 3X3 grid,
> > but want each megaregion to run independantly on 9 different computers
> > (actually, I've found with OpenSim 0.6.5.1 that netbooks make wonderful
> > "stackable" segregated region servers).
> >
> >      So my plan is to run 9 of Diva's servers on 9 separate netbooks
> > locally and have them all stiched together as a single "world" of 9
> > megaregions as a 3X3 grid.
> >
> >      My main and biggest uncertainty is MySQL administration.  Do they
> > all run off the same MySQL server?  I'm not familiar with how each
> > region would know who the user is when logging in regardless of the
> > regions...
> >
> >      On the most basic level, what must be accomplished here to do
> > this?  I do not need an extensive explanation, just the basics since I'm
> > enough familiar with basic single server administration.
> >
> > Thanks everyone!
> >
> > - Len W. Brown
> >      lenwbrown at gmail.com <mailto:lenwbrown at gmail.com>
> >
> >
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