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Sharing cache?

solex Goodman
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Join date: 28 Apr 2006
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08-24-2008 08:01
Hello,

I'm thinking about setting mine and my partners to a shared directory on my network so we have a combined cache. I'm wanting to do this as it would be nice not to have to down load places twice and I have over a TB of free space on it.

Not sure if it makes a difference but were both running the linux viewer.

Will this work?

Sol
Lee Ponzu
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Join date: 28 Jun 2006
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Maybe...
08-24-2008 09:32
Try this experiement. Find some objects in cache with the same name, and compare them to see if they are identical (cmp, md5, diff, whatever) If they are, then I think it would be worth a try.

Alternatively, download the viewer source code and see if it keeps any sort of meta data about the cache that might screw you up.
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Govindira Galatea
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08-24-2008 10:57
You might also run into problems if you and your partner are simultaneously in the same new SL location: client collision of some kind when writing the same files (textures, etc.) to the same cache at the same time. The -multiple switch after secondlife.exe might fix that, though: it allows two clients on the same computer to write to the same cache (maybe) without collision (we hope). It might deal with it over a networked drive, too. Maybe.
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solex Goodman
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Join date: 28 Apr 2006
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08-24-2008 15:08
Great, will see if there is a multiple option on the luinux viewer as well. Will report back when I can test :)

Sol