This might not actually be desirable until the probes stop crashing so often :)
It might be more useful to have alarms that trigger on things like sudden or sustained increases in latency or loss, configurable by the probe host.
--Richard
On Sep 6, 2011, at 10:35 PM, Robert wrote:
> What do other participants think about having email alerts when a probe goes offline or online?
>
> I’d like this is at will alert me to any network issue as soon as it happens allowing for that issue to be investigated and rectified.
>
> This means that the alert could serve a dual purpose:
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> · Increased network uptime
> · Greater availability of the RIPE Atlas Probe (and thus increased data gathering).
>
> Anyway, this is something that I’d like to see – email alerts at a minimum.
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>
> Robert
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