[Atlas-anchors-pilot] Announcing the second phase of the "Pilot"

[Vesna Manojlovic]

Hi all,

apologies for delay : I was away on holidays and then got ill...

Until now, I received 3 confirmations and one cancellation from the 
initial 8 hosts, and I would still like to hear from the people who 
expressed their interest in the last few months, and who I will contact 
again.

In the meantime, if you have heard from me personally, please go on as 
we have agreed.

I will publish the final list of expected hosts of Phase 2 within next 
two weeks.

Regards,
Vesna


On 2/15/13 5:15 PM, Vesna Manojlovic wrote:
> Dear RIPE Atlas Anchors hosts,
> 
> since Phase 1 of the pilot is successfully completed [1],
> we are ready to proceed with Phase 2 of the pilot!
> 
> As we have announced in October, here is the list of next 8 hosts [2]
> Yves, Paolo, Sascha, Fabian, Jens, Arnaud, Mark & Florian
> (Martin moved to phase 1, and already has his box running)
> 
> In the meantime, we had few more people interested in taking part in
> pilot phase, and we have some extra capacity, since the phase 1 took
> longer then planned... so we can accept few new volunteers, too.
> 
> The conditions for Phase 2 are still the same as for Phase 1:
> - you need to buy a server with our fixed specifications [3], [4],
> - install it in a suitable operational environment and notify us when
> it's available
> - we will install the operating system, RIPE Atlas probe SW, and other
> services needed to make the box run as a "target"
> - we will schedule measurements towards the target, and give you extra
> credits so that you can do your own UDMs
> 
> However -- please realize that this is still a pilot!
> 
> During the first phase of the pilot we have implemented the Atlas
> Anchors as single purpose systems. The intention of phase 2 is to
> determine in practice if the function of the Atlas Anchor can be
> combined with other additional services. During the second phase of the
> pilot we therefore migrate some of the Anchor nodes to a virtualised
> system and have these run additional tests. Based on the experience
> gained during phase 2 we will be able to decide if a combination of
> services with the Atlas Anchors on a single physical system is valid.
> 
> It is important to realize that one possible outcome of the second phase
> still is that we would not continue with combining services and Atlas
> Anchor on these systems and the systems would therefore only remain a
> RIPE Atlas Anchor, as target and an Atlas probe.
> 
> With this in mind, I would like to hear from you:
> 
> - are you still interested in hosting the RIPE Atlas Anchor?
> (if you are one of those listed here [2])
> 
> - if you are newly interested, can you please fill in this survey? [5]
> 
>      Please note that we have limited capacity, so for any *new*
>          participants, please wait with ordering any equipment until
>          we have confirmed to you that you can participate in the
>          second phase of the pilot.
> 
> I will wait for 10 days to collect the answers, and I will get back to
> you after my vacation, after 26th February.
> 
> (in the meantime, my colleague Lia will be able to answer your questions)
> 
> Regards,
> Vesna
> 
> References:
> 
> [1]
> https://labs.ripe.net/Members/becha/ripe-atlas-anchors-pilot-update-on-phase-one
> [2]
> https://www.ripe.net/ripe/mail/archives/atlas-anchors-pilot/2012-October/000076.html
> [3]
> https://www.ripe.net/ripe/mail/archives/atlas-anchors-pilot/2012-October/000075.html
> [4]
> https://www.ripe.net/ripe/mail/archives/atlas-anchors-pilot/2012-November/000106.html
> [5]
> https://www.surveymonkey.com/s/atlas-anchors-pilot-startup
> 
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