[Dnsmon-test] Second update to DNSMON + retries of DNS queries + 9AM outage

Fri Feb 14 09:00:40 CET 2014

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On 2014-02-14 08:33, Arsen STASIC wrote:
> * Anand Buddhdev <anandb at ripe.net> [2014-02-13 17:46 (+0100)]:
>> On 13/02/2014 17:16, Chris Amin wrote:
>> 
>> Hi Christopher,
>> 
>>> In addition, we have changed a line in the testers page in the
>>> section comparing the old and the new DNSMON implementations.
>>> We previously stated that the RIPE Atlas measurements are not
>>> retried on failure (whereas the old TTM boxes do carry out
>>> retries). However, RIPE Atlas has gained the ability to carry
>>> out an arbitrary number of retries, and uses a value of 10 by
>>> default. The data that we have collected so far for the new
>>> DNSMON, and the visualisations, are therefore based on this 
>>> methodology.
>>> 
>>> We don't want to immediately change to using 0 retries, nor do
>>> we want to change to match the exact settings of the old
>>> DNSMON, without gathering feedback from you. So if you have a
>>> strong opinion on this, please let us know.
>> 
>> I'm speaking here as a DNS server operator, and not as a staff
>> member. I prefer measurements to NOT use retry, so that if there
>> is an issue with my DNS servers, I can see it quickly. If a probe
>> uses retries, then it will hide operational issues.
> 
> +1 from operators point of view. (Although a high latency or RTT
> might also indicate operational issues.)
> 
> Regards, Arsen Stasic
> 

I agree on that too,
maybe a certain value could make sense to avoid showing up every single
network hickup. How many retries are done at TTM?

regards
Gerhard

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