[atlas] VM probes (was Re: Feature request for IP record route feature in RIPE Atlas)

Hi,

On Tue, Nov 10, 2015 at 09:33:01AM +0100, Daniel Karrenberg wrote:
> >From my personal, informal assessment I advise against supporting VMs. I
> recommend a thorough assessment of the data quality, the costs and the
> effects on RIPE Atlas as a whole before diving into soloutioneering.

From experience running a recursive DNS on a VM platform,  I'd also speak
against supporting VMs.  Unpredictable load elsewhere on the same host
can (and does) lead to UDP/ICMP packet loss, which the "Atlas VM" won't
be able to differenciate from "something on the path is broken/lossy".

Gert Doering
        -- NetMaster
-- 
have you enabled IPv6 on something today...?

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