after watching the performance fluctuations, the crashes and some other little problems i finally decided to move my sims to a real server.
I rented a dual core 2GB server with a (so they tell) permanent 100MBit bandwidth.
Now i "just" have to come up with a good planing for a stable environment and move my old installation onto this new platform.
My first idea was to set up a set of virtual machines based on Ubuntu / kvm but i think i would need a bit more "oomph" for that: especially more memory and more ip adresses to have the virtual machines as full visible servers.
For my idea of having some different opensim versions running in parallel plus some minor web services like a web server either a classic setup or one based on virtual machines would work.
So to avoid the extra overhead in memory and cpu consumption i will give up some of the flexibility that a virtualization might give and install a normal Ubuntu server and opensim.
It will take some days to fully migrate the hyperbase and my other sims onto the new platform.
During those last days i also thought a bit about the way i am trying to run this hyperbase42 thingy.
Maybe i am still trying to reinvent some wheels. E.g. the Inn on the TGIB is already up and running on 0.7.0.2, it even has a duplicate under 0.6.9 and both can even communicate, so why should i set up yet another meeting point? El & Vanish also are much more active in maintaining their blog on tgib.co.uk and it already contains lots of great opensim and hypergrid related info. I should really concentrate more on finding such gems and just provide some links and hints...
cu on the hypergrid,
Neo
I really like your idea of using Hyperbase42 as a gateway to interesting places you find on the hypergrid. Keep exploring, set up hypergates to guide folks, and Hyperbase42 could grow into a cool waystation for many people. I hope you can work out the server setup issues you're currently dealing with.
ReplyDeleteKeep up the good work, my friend.
Hi Neo,
ReplyDeleteI don't think it's about reinventing the wheel. We all, the whole of OpenSim, benefit from having a multitude of interesting destinations, even if some of them serve the same purpose. And you know, I just love the idea of interconnected standalones, so keep it up, even if you decide that it's just going to be for your "home".
Godspeed,
V