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

Sure, PROBES as an VM in e.g. overloaded environments are a problem.
So Probes on a VM = can result in some troubles in the existing Atlas model.
To make a "second class" probes I agree that this takes too much efforts.

ANCHOR as an VM would really make sense.
What do you think about this ?

PACKAGES for an OS I see too much dependencies / problems incoming.
So a VM with an isolated OS for this usage makes sense.

Just my 2 cents .-)

Cheers,
Stephan


2015-11-10 11:10 GMT+01:00 Bajpai, Vaibhav <v.bajpai at jacobs-university.de>:

> Hello,
>
> As a researcher, I will have to filter out these VM probes unless there
> is considerable evidence that VM probes are able to produce results
> comparable to hardware probes. Note, calibrating probes is really
> hard and it takes time and effort [1, 2].
>
> The idea of using these VM probes for "second-rate monitoring” is also
> less useful because it leads to fragmentation of RIPE Atlas vantage points.
>
> I am completely in line with Daniel’s view — the novelty of RIPE Atlas
> is being able to produce repeatable / comparable results. We should
> not compromise this unique standpoint.
>
> [1] http://dx.doi.org/10.1145/2805789.2805796
> [2] http://dx.doi.org/10.1145/2815675.2815710
>
> Best, Vaibhav
>
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>
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>
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