[atlas] Categorize probes (feature request)

On 12.11.2013 12:00, Klaus Darilion wrote:
> Hi Daniel!
>
> On 12.11.2013 10:26, Daniel Karrenberg wrote:
>> On 08.11.2013, at 18:03 , Klaus Darilion <klaus.darilion at nic.at> wrote:
>>
>>> Hi!
>>>
>>> Depending on the measurement, sometimes I want a realistic "user's 
>>> view" which means using probes in residential areas, and sometimes I 
>>> want a "backbone" view, which mean using probes in the back-bone 
>>> (good connected) e.g. to measure my access network or my servers 
>>> without the delay introduced by the probes access network.
>>>
>>> Thus, it would be cool if the probe selection algorithm allows also 
>>> to choose "residential" probes or "backbone" probes. Maybe this 
>>> categorization can be done automatically, or probe owners can be 
>>> asked to specify the probes connectivity manually.
>>>
>>> Thanks,
>>> Klaus
>>
>> I understand the question. I am not sure what the answer is, e.g. 
>> which categories we should use and how to do the categorisation.
>> At the moment the Anchors provide backbone views. Most small probes 
>> are at the edge of the network.
> I do want to measure the connectivity of the anchors node as this 
> actually measures the connectivity of the probes when I assume that 
> the anchor nodes are well connected.
     ^^^^^^
Ups, typo. Should read: "I do NOT want" ...

>
> I want to test the connectivity from the Internet backbone to MY 
> servers (similar like the RIPE DNSMON). So for some UDM I want to use 
> "backbone nodes" to see if there are problems with my servers, and for 
> other UDMs I want to use "residental nodes" to see the end user view.
>
> regards
> Klaus
>