Elric

This is a massive tutorial and I apologize for its length, so please, if interested, you may wish to take it in stages or grab some popcorn.

INTRODUCTION

While shopaholics, Hunt addicts, estate owners and builders tend to have the largest inventories in Second Life®, even a smaller inventory can become unwieldy fairly quickly. And of course, the longer you have been in Second Life®, the more inventory you acquire.


For some individuals (depending on computer specifications) a large inventory may adversely affect various performance aspects of Second Life®. According to Linden Lab, an inventory in excess of 10,000 items will begin to affect your performance. However, as previously stated, this is largely contingent on your computer specifications. My own inventory is in excess of 50,000 items and the only time I experience a slowdown is after I have cleared my cache (which is to be expected).


Regular and/or persistent inventory maintenance could be the key to your sanity… not to mention your productivity.

TUTORIAL

• Taming Your Inventory
  

I am holding a class on this today (anyone is welcome, by the way) and I will add a transcript of the class at the bottom of this tutorial page once it's over.

Cheers!

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Elric Anatine

Syzygy Community: Estate Manager, Conflict Resolution, SyzAdminFox
Apothecary, Physic Garden & Personal Lands: open to the public

Alkahest Sky Shoppe: my eclectic creations (lamps, furnishings, tentacles, foliage)
Marketplace: my online shoppe

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Phoebe Avro

lol i am beyond help 75,000 items and no matter how much i delete or box it creeps back!

Edit to add

Phoenix recommend not clearing your cache unless you have a problem, because it can cause more problems than it solves, not sure if this is still the case now there is http get inv

Kokoro Fasching

I'm at 160k, with no adverse affects.

LittleMe Jewell

Finally, someone that has much more that me - I'm hovering just under 115k.


BTW, Kokoro - which viewer do you use? I've been wondering if some of my freeze-ups have been related at all to inventory size & viewer.

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LittleMe Jewell

I agree. The only time I ever clear cache is if I am having inventory issues that can't be resolved with a few logins.

Kokoro Fasching

I'm using the Firestorm 4x viewer. Only time I get a small pause is when I open a second inventory window, otherwise it is smooth. My Firestorm directory/cache/inventory is on SSD thought. The pause is usually due to it flooding the hard drive with read requests.

Kalel

i'm at 85k.... Usually when i want something that i haven't touched in ages i go to the folder to find it missing.

Your notes will help i just need to stop being lazy..

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Elric

I think the larger the inventory, the more "lazy" we are prone to being. And I prefer to think of it as "being in fear" rather than lazy!

Ashiri

heh... must remember to box up some more stuff... my inventory has crept up to 11k.