[atlas] probe allocations

On 14.11.2013, at 17:47 , Gilles Massen <gilles.massen at restena.lu> wrote:

> 
> On 11/14/2013 10:19 AM, Daniel Karrenberg wrote:
> 
>> With hindsight(!) this shows that adding and removing probes in
>> existing measurements was probably not such a good design choice,
>> although I supported it in order to allow repleneshing the probe pool
>> of long-running measurements. 
> 
>> From a simple user point of view I have mixed feelings toward that
> feature: on one hand it would prevent long running measurements from
> decaying, on the other hand if you run (multiple) measurements on a
> specific set of probes you might not want them to drift apart.

Don't worry. No matter how we implement it, it will be configurable.
e.g.: if the number of probes drops below a configurable threshold one will have the option to stop the measurement or replenish.
Or one can do nothing until there is no probe left.

> 
> Gilles
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