[atlas] Garbage Measurements

Hi,

We will soon be resuming our measurements using the RIPE Atlas platform.
We've scheduled the traceroutes to one every 18 seconds (a more uniform 
distribution than the previous  approach of batches of 100 tests every 
30 minutes), to address the concerns regarding the load we put on the 
system.
We still have about 1,300 target addresses to test, so the total 
duration of the measurements is estimated to approx. 7 hours (i.e., 
scheduled to start at 16h00 CET -- with expected finishing time at 
around 23h00 CET).

We do apologize for any inconvenience!
For any further comments, inquiries, suggestions etc., do not hesitate 
to contact us!

Thank you, best regards,
Andra

On 08/26/2013 10:23 AM, Andra Lutu wrote:
> Dear all,
>
> The culprit for the high number of tests running on the RIPE Atlas 
> platform would be me.
> I do apologize for not sending a notification prior to deploying the 
> tests, we do understand that we are looking at quite a massive number 
> of measurements.
> We are currently trying to slow down the rhythm of the traceroutes, in 
> an effort to not be so aggressive.
>
> The purpose of the measurements is to establish the reachability of 
> the limited-visibility IPv6 prefixes we were able to identify using 
> the BGP Visibility Scanner.
> The measurements are a part of our efforts of enhancing our 
> understanding on the results of the visibility tool for IPv6 prefixes.
> The RIPE Atlas team was kind enough to help us with our research and 
> allowed us to use the Atlas platform.
> For more information about the BGP Visibility project, I kindly refer 
> you to http://visibility.it.uc3m.es/
> We've previously focused on the visibility of the IPv4 prefixes, 
> please find a more detailed view on our results in the following RIPE 
> Labs article:
> https://labs.ripe.net/Members/andra_lutu/the-bgp-visibility-scanner
>
> For any further inquiries, do not hesitate to contact us!
> I do apologize for any distress this might have caused!
> For the future, we will try to notify before deploying another large 
> number of tests!
>
> Thank you, best regards,
> Andra
>
>

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