Comments on: OpenSim – The definitive guide (sort of) http://pedroleite.org/2009/09/02/opensim-the-definitive-guide-sort-of/ words - an empty shell, a lack of meaning Mon, 01 Mar 2010 14:40:00 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0 By: Pedro Leite http://pedroleite.org/2009/09/02/opensim-the-definitive-guide-sort-of/comment-page-1/#comment-904 Pedro Leite Thu, 03 Sep 2009 16:20:50 +0000 http://pedroleite.org/?p=147#comment-904 Hi Maria, Thanks for commenting! This grid is part of a project sponsored by RNP (National Research Network) involving UFPE (Federal University of Pernambuco), UFABC (Federal University of ABC) and IFAL (Federal Institute of Alagoas). Basically, the main goal is to offer a service consisting of activities and research on virtual worlds to organizations who benefit from RNP services. With our solution, students can take classes from their home. The same applies to teachers, so they could prepare their classes (a PPT, for an example), upload it to our servers and present it to students. We are using open source technologies and a small modification to the SL viewer, so we are able to use data gloves. The connection between grids is done through HyperGrid technology, as you may know. For the link you sent, it is a great start point for everyone! Anyways, if you decide to change your architecture, using grid mode instead of standalone, I hope those steps help you! And finally, what kind of projects you run in your grid? Can you tell about them? Kind regards, Pedro. Hi Maria,

Thanks for commenting! This grid is part of a project sponsored by RNP (National Research Network) involving UFPE (Federal University of Pernambuco), UFABC (Federal University of ABC) and IFAL (Federal Institute of Alagoas).

Basically, the main goal is to offer a service consisting of activities and research on virtual worlds to organizations who benefit from RNP services. With our solution, students can take classes from their home. The same applies to teachers, so they could prepare their classes (a PPT, for an example), upload it to our servers and present it to students.

We are using open source technologies and a small modification to the SL viewer, so we are able to use data gloves.

The connection between grids is done through HyperGrid technology, as you may know.

For the link you sent, it is a great start point for everyone!

Anyways, if you decide to change your architecture, using grid mode instead of standalone, I hope those steps help you!

And finally, what kind of projects you run in your grid? Can you tell about them?

Kind regards,
Pedro.

]]> By: Maria Korolov http://pedroleite.org/2009/09/02/opensim-the-definitive-guide-sort-of/comment-page-1/#comment-903 Maria Korolov Thu, 03 Sep 2009 13:20:07 +0000 http://pedroleite.org/?p=147#comment-903 Pedro -- Congrats on getting grid services to work! You seem to have gone through quite a bit of trouble for this -- do you mind telling us what this grid will be used for? Myself, I run very small projects -- less than six regions in size -- so I've been able to avoid everything that you went through and just run a standalone. Of course, a standalone won't be able to handle as many regions and users as a full grid can. For people who want a super-easy installation process, there's even an auto setup process over on OSGrid -- it automatically downloads and installs all the software and even configures your router for you: http://www.osgrid.org/elgg/pg/pages/view/52761/ (That's for people who want their regions automatically connected to OSGrid, a non-profit grid dedicated to OpenSim development and community building, and the largest grid running OpenSim.) Pedro — Congrats on getting grid services to work! You seem to have gone through quite a bit of trouble for this — do you mind telling us what this grid will be used for?

Myself, I run very small projects — less than six regions in size — so I’ve been able to avoid everything that you went through and just run a standalone. Of course, a standalone won’t be able to handle as many regions and users as a full grid can.

For people who want a super-easy installation process, there’s even an auto setup process over on OSGrid — it automatically downloads and installs all the software and even configures your router for you: http://www.osgrid.org/elgg/pg/pages/view/52761/

(That’s for people who want their regions automatically connected to OSGrid, a non-profit grid dedicated to OpenSim development and community building, and the largest grid running OpenSim.)

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