+1, this makes a lot more sense, and I think it will save a lot of confusion in the future.
Adam J / adjohn On Mon, Feb 2, 2009 at 3:46 AM, Justin Clark-Casey <jjusti...@googlemail.com> 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 >> > > > -- > 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 > _______________________________________________ Opensim-dev mailing list Opensim-dev@lists.berlios.de https://lists.berlios.de/mailman/listinfo/opensim-dev