The AMPLET Package

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Introduction

NALNR AMP is NLANR MNA's Active Measurement Projct. This software is one of two packages that make up the software base of the AMP system. This package runs on the monitors and the central server(s). It perform the tests based on a schedule and transfers the results to the central server(s). The other package (which is still to be rewritten and released publicly) runs on the central servers and provides data management and publishing via the web, Cichlid and raw data interfaces.

Why an AMPlet package?

The original version of the AMP software was developed as a trial to explore the possibilities of active measurement in the HPC network environment. Of several years the code has been developed and extended to the point where the code base became unstable. Over that time a number of other organisations became interested in the AMPlet code. It was difficult for us to make the code available to others because there we so many dependencies on other code and the particular systems that we use and NLANR.

This new code will compile on a range of Unix systems. It is well tested on Debian Linux (2.2 and 2.4 kernels) and FreeBSD 4.3 through 5.0. Earlier unreleased versions of the software have been run on other Unix systems (including SunOS and NetBSD) and we expect the code should port to most versions of Unix. If you experience any problems, please let us know.

AMPlet's Origin

The AMPLET package (beta version 0.10) was originally released on 24 Dec 2005. It is the second public beta release of the amplet code and is expected to shortly develop to a full release of the amplet code. The second main amp package, the ampcentral package which provides web pages and other interfaces to the data that has been collected on the central site(s).

About The Authors

The primary author is Tony McGregor. He is a part-time NLANR staff member leading the AMP project. He is a member of the University of Waikato WAND group.

Jeremy Kallstrom also made a substantial contribution to the code. He is a programmer with the NLANR PMA team.

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