Ping Plotter is a network troubleshooting and diagnostic tool. It uses a combination of trace route, ping, and whois to collect data quickly - and then allows you to continue to collect data over time to give you the information you really need to identify problems (both short-term and long-term trends).
"..This program focuses on the fundamental science and technology needed to facilitate the efficient, high-speed transfer of information through networks and distributed systems. Projects funded span the entire spectrum, from network design and performance evaluation to middleware and software frameworks in support of applications running on top of networks and distributed systems. Projects may also address how networks and distributed systems interact with underlying communications technology and other related disciplines. Research areas that fall within this program include high speed networks, optical networks, wireless and mobile networks, traffic control, resource management, quality of service, protocols, multicast, network security, network design, network management, performance evaluation, network architectures, network systems, object-oriented frameworks for networks, agent-based networks, multimedia applications, and multiple access protocols."
The National Center for Data Mining (NCDM) is the group the Bob Grossman directs. They have protocols and various tools that will permit us to collect data from geographically diverse sites and analyze it in one group.
LSN Workshop - 12-14 March 2001
Workshop on New Visions for Large-Scale Networks: Research and Applications
Table of Contents and pointer to PDF report of the workshop
Architecture of the MORPHnet from B.Aiken, R.Carlson, I.Foster, T.Kuhfuss, R.Stevens, L.Winkler
"Our proposed approach requires the use of as much of the same network and end system infrastructure as possible to reduce the costs needed to support both classes of activities (i.e., production and research). An initial step is to define multiple layers of production services (i.e., at the physical, network media, network bearer, middle, and application layers) that can be made accessible for concurrent use by the network researcher, manager, or application programmer. Breaking the infrastructure into segments and objects (e.g., routers, switches, multiplexors, circuits, paths, etc.) gives us the capability to dynamically construct and configure the virtual active networks to address these requirements. These capabilities must be supported at the campus, regional, and wide-area network levels to allow for collaboration by geographically dispersed groups. The Multi-Modal Organizational Research and Production Heterogeneous Network (MORPHnet) described in this report is an initial architecture and framework designed to identify and support the capabilities needed for the proposed combined infrastructure and to address related research issues."
PingER (Ping End-to-end Reporting) is the name given to the Internet End-to-end Performance Measurement (IEPM) project to monitor end-to-end performance of Internet links. The project now involves hundreds of sites in many countries all over the world.
Status Report for SLAC/DOE IEPM Project
Includes:
Work Related to Analysis and Development
and
Work related to Publicity and Information
AIME voice meeting with LBL & PSC 5/1/02
AIME pre-proposal discussions
Thomas Ndousse of DoE/MICS appears to be favorable to a proposal being submitted to build an infrastructure to help coordinate the various SciDAC network monitoring/measurement efforts being funded. He has mentioned something akin to the AIME SciDAC proposal (see also the Response to questions raised by reviewers) that was submitted by SLAC, PSC, and ANL with support from LBNL, NWS and CAIDA. Bill Wing of ORNL and chair of the ESSC has also told Les Cottrell that Thomas had asked Bill to discuss this with Les and encourage us to submit a proposal.
MAGGIE
Measurement and Analysis for the Global Grid and Internet End-to-end Performance.
MAGGIE is an all-new updated and improved version of AIME. AIME started as AMIE, a concept for an Active Monitoring Infrastructure for ESnet. However the goal was not the infrastructure but the monitoring and analysis we would learn from it, so it was renamed Active Internet Monitoring for ESnet (AIME). AIME was submitted as a proposal to the DoE SciDAC call, but was unsuccesful. In the months since SciDAC, a need has arisen for a platform to integrate the measurement tools whose development was funded by SciDAC, and for an infrastructure to support resource allocation for the data grids. This is what we will develop into the MAGGIE proposal.
June 5, 2002
'Unbreakable Linux' Unleashed
By Michael Singer
REDWOOD SHORES, Calif. -- A trio of high tech CEOs joined forces Wednesday in a move to unseat IBM (NYSE:IBM) as the Linux vendor of choice.
Oracle (NASDAQ:ORCL) CEO Larry Ellison, Dell Computer (NASDAQ:DELL) CEO Michael Dell, and Red Hat (NASDAQ:RHAT) CEO Matthew Szulik said they are fully committing themselves to Linux for the enterprise.
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