[atlas]trying to collect basic info about the architecture

Some additional info:

On 2010.12.22. 12:09, Emile Aben wrote:
> On 21/12/2010 18:23, Wilfried Woeber, UniVie/ACOnet wrote:
>> Is the probe capable of bufffering data for a while if connectivity to the
>> Net is still there, but not to the controller(s)?
> 
> Yes, the probes have a limited capability to do so. I think it's
> currently capable of storing a couple of minutes worth of data.

It could store more, but we're cautious for now as in the worst case this
could fill up the storage space which could cause serious problems. We'll
add more buffering as soon as we're confident it cannot fire back.

>> Is there any means to (locally, on the same subnet, or even remotely)
>> trigger or "reboot" a probe, other than disconnecting power (which means
>> physical access required)?
> 
> Currently there is no way for users to reboot a probe other then
> disconnecting power. If this is a capability that people would like to
> have, we could look into ways we could make that happen.

This makes me wonder: what problem would this solve? You obviously couldn't
use this feature if the probe was down, only if it was up; but then why
would you want to reboot it? :-)

Cheers,
Robert