Active measurement project
active measurement project
networking, tool, project
(AMP) An NLANR project undertaking site-to-site measurement across the HPC networks. This work is intended to compliment the measurements taken by MCI and Abilene within the networks’ infrastructure. Currently round trip times, topology, and packet loss are being measured.
(2004-01-18)
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