INVITATION TO HOST NLANR MEASUREMENT HOSTS AT HPC SITES

In connection with ongoing NLANR network traffic measurement and
analysis activities, NLANR is inviting HPC Awardee sites to join
the NLANR Intersite Active Measurement Program by hosting an active
measurement monitor. These monitors will measure connectivity,
loss, round trip time and on-demand throughput measurements between
HPC sites. No user data will be captured.
 
The activity will require only minimal support from the involved
sites. The equipment involved is rack mountable and will be furnished
and administered by NLANR. Normally traffic to the machine is
expected to be in the order of 10-20MB per day.
 
In addition to enabling better understanding of the high performance
networks, hosting institutions will benefit through detailed
measurement of performance to their site because the information
will help compartmentalize performance issues. The NSF is supportive
of this activity and encourages HPC Awardee sites to volunteer to
host a monitor and join the project.
 
More detailed information, including some simple questions we would
need ansered from the deployment sites, is available at

  http://moat.nlanr.net/AMP/

NLANR AMP staff can be reached by sending mail to amp@nlanr.net.
We hope you will participate.



Tony McGregor and Hans-Werner Braun, NLANR