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Re: [conduit] Large CONDUIT latencies to UW-Madison idd.aos.wisc.edu starting the last day or two.

  • To: Arthur A Person <aap1@xxxxxxx>
  • Subject: Re: [conduit] Large CONDUIT latencies to UW-Madison idd.aos.wisc.edu starting the last day or two.
  • From: Bob Lipschutz - NOAA Affiliate <robert.c.lipschutz@xxxxxxxx>
  • Date: Fri, 26 Feb 2016 00:22:18 +0000
As another point on the curve, we have also been seeing high latency with
the NCEP MRMS LDM feed, mrms-ldmout.ncep.noaa.gov this afternoon. Products
were running about 30 minutes behind. Around 2330Z the feed started
catching up, and it seems to be current at the moment.

    -Bob


On Thu, Feb 25, 2016 at 11:11 PM, Arthur A Person <aap1@xxxxxxx> wrote:

> Mike,
>
> Correction to what I said below...  the points we tested to actually we
> *re* within NOAA, but we weren't sure how close they were to the CONDUIT
> source.  We got throughputs of approximately 2.5-3.5 Gbps.
>
>                    Art
>
> ------------------------------
>
> *From: *"Arthur A Person" <aap1@xxxxxxx>
> *To: *"Mike Dross" <mwdross@xxxxxxxxx>
> *Cc: *"Bentley, Alicia M" <ambentley@xxxxxxxxxx>, "
> support-conduit@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx" <conduit@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>,
> "_NCEP.List.pmb-dataflow" <ncep.list.pmb-dataflow@xxxxxxxx>, "_NOAA
> Boulder NOC" <nb-noc@xxxxxxxx>, "Daes Support" <daessupport@xxxxxxxxxx>
> *Sent: *Thursday, February 25, 2016 5:58:58 PM
>
> *Subject: *Re: [conduit] Large CONDUIT latencies to UW-Madison
> idd.aos.wisc.edu starting the last day or two.
>
> Mike,
>
> Our network folks have done this with tests to the MAX gigaPOP and have
> gotten good results.  We'd like to test all the way to NCEP, but as far as
> I know, there isn't a publicly available test point within NCEP to do this.
>
>                    Art
>
> ------------------------------
>
> *From: *"Mike Dross" <mwdross@xxxxxxxxx>
> *To: *"Bob Lipschutz - NOAA Affiliate" <robert.c.lipschutz@xxxxxxxx>
> *Cc: *"Arthur A Person" <aap1@xxxxxxx>, "Bentley, Alicia M" <
> ambentley@xxxxxxxxxx>, "support-conduit@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx" <
> conduit@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>, "_NCEP.List.pmb-dataflow" <
> ncep.list.pmb-dataflow@xxxxxxxx>, "_NOAA Boulder NOC" <nb-noc@xxxxxxxx>,
> "Daes Support" <daessupport@xxxxxxxxxx>
> *Sent: *Thursday, February 25, 2016 5:53:26 PM
> *Subject: *Re: [conduit] Large CONDUIT latencies to UW-Madison
> idd.aos.wisc.edu starting the last day or two.
>
> I highly suggest you guys setup an iperf test to measure the actual
> bandwidth and latency between your sites. This can help eliminate LDM as
> the problem.
>
> https://iperf.fr/
>
> Very easy to setup.
>
> -Mike
>
> On Thu, Feb 25, 2016 at 5:32 PM, Bob Lipschutz - NOAA Affiliate <
> robert.c.lipschutz@xxxxxxxx> wrote:
>
>> ftp transfers rates to NOAA/ESRL/GSD have also fallen way off... as bad
>> as I've ever seen. E.g.,
>> curl
>> ftp://ftpprd.ncep.noaa.gov/pub/data/nccf/com/gfs/prod/gfs.2016022312/gfs.t12z.pgrb2.0p25.f012
>> -o /dev/null
>>   % Total    % Received % Xferd  Average Speed   Time    Time     Time
>>  Current
>>                                  Dload  Upload   Total   Spent    Left
>>  Speed
>>  12  214M   12 25.7M    0     0   279k      0  0:13:04  0:01:34  0:11:30
>>  224k
>>
>>     -Bob
>>
>>
>> On Thu, Feb 25, 2016 at 10:23 PM, Arthur A Person <aap1@xxxxxxx> wrote:
>>
>>> Folks,
>>>
>>> Looks like our feed from conduit.ncep.noaa.gov is seeing delays again
>>> beginning last evening with the 00Z reception of the gfs 0p25 degree data:
>>>
>>>                            Art
>>>
>>>
>>> ------------------------------
>>>
>>> *From: *"Carissa Klemmer - NOAA Federal" <carissa.l.klemmer@xxxxxxxx>
>>> *To: *admin@xxxxxxxx
>>> *Cc: *"Bentley, Alicia M" <ambentley@xxxxxxxxxx>, "Michael Schmidt" <
>>> mschmidt@xxxxxxxx>, conduit@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx, "_NCEP.List.pmb-dataflow"
>>> <ncep.list.pmb-dataflow@xxxxxxxx>, "Daes Support" <
>>> daessupport@xxxxxxxxxx>
>>> *Sent: *Monday, February 22, 2016 1:57:21 PM
>>> *Subject: *Re: [conduit] Large CONDUIT latencies to UW-Madison
>>> idd.aos.wisc.edu starting the last day or two.
>>>
>>> Keep providing the feedback. All of it is being given to the NOAA NOC
>>> admins. This seems to be a pretty wide spread issue with numerous circuits
>>> being impacted. As soon as I have more information about resolution I will
>>> pass it on.
>>>
>>> Carissa Klemmer
>>> NCEP Central Operations
>>> Dataflow Team Lead
>>> 301-683-3835
>>>
>>> On Mon, Feb 22, 2016 at 1:32 PM, <admin@xxxxxxxx> wrote:
>>>
>>>> Those traceroutes clearly show the issue is on the last 2 hops or
>>>> inside NOAA.
>>>>
>>>> Ray
>>>>
>>>> On Friday, February 19, 2016 2:39pm, "Gerry Creager - NOAA Affiliate" <
>>>> gerry.creager@xxxxxxxx> said:
>>>>
>>>> > _______________________________________________
>>>> > conduit mailing list
>>>> > conduit@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
>>>> > For list information or to unsubscribe, visit:
>>>> > http://www.unidata.ucar.edu/mailing_lists/ If I were the conspiracy
>>>> theory type, I
>>>> > might think to blame the
>>>> > balkanization of all paths to the internet from NOAA sites via the
>>>> Trusted
>>>> > Internet Connection stuff. But I'm just hypothesizing. Or, they could
>>>> be
>>>> > running distro on overloaded VMs.
>>>> >
>>>> > gerry
>>>> >
>>>> > On Fri, Feb 19, 2016 at 1:28 PM, Patrick L. Francis <
>>>> wxprofessor@xxxxxxxxx>
>>>> > wrote:
>>>> >
>>>> >>
>>>> >>
>>>> >> Art / Pete etc. al. J
>>>> >>
>>>> >>
>>>> >>
>>>> >> There seems to be a consistency is potential packet loss from no
>>>> matter
>>>> >> which route is taken into ncep… so whoever you are communicating
>>>> with,
>>>> >> you
>>>> >> might have them investigate 140.90.111.36… reference the previous
>>>> graphic
>>>> >> shown and this new one here:
>>>> >>
>>>> >>
>>>> >>
>>>> >> http://drmalachi.org/files/ncep/ec2-ncep.png
>>>> >>
>>>> >>
>>>> >>
>>>> >> if you are unfamiliar with amazon ec2 routing, the first.. twenty
>>>> >> something or so hops are just internal to amazon, and they don’t jump
>>>> >> outside until you hit the internet2 hops, which then jump to
>>>> gigapop, and
>>>> >> from there to noaa internal.. so since this amazon box is in ashburn,
>>>> >> physically it’s close, and has limited interruptions until that
>>>> point..
>>>> >>
>>>> >>
>>>> >>
>>>> >> the same hop causes more severe problems from my colo boxes, which
>>>> are
>>>> >> hurricane electric direct, which means that in those cases jumping
>>>> from
>>>> >> hurricane electric to 140.90.111.36 has “severe” problems (including
>>>> >> packet
>>>> >> loss) while jumping from amazon to I2 to gigapop to 140.90.111.36
>>>> also
>>>> >> encounters issues, but not as severe..
>>>> >>
>>>> >>
>>>> >>
>>>> >> hopefully this may help J  Happy Friday J
>>>> >>
>>>> >>
>>>> >>
>>>> >> cheers,
>>>> >>
>>>> >>
>>>> >>
>>>> >> --patrick
>>>> >>
>>>> >>
>>>> >>
>>>> >> -------------------------------------------------------
>>>> >>
>>>> >> Patrick L. Francis
>>>> >>
>>>> >> Vice President of Research & Development
>>>> >>
>>>> >>
>>>> >>
>>>> >> Aeris Weather
>>>> >>
>>>> >>
>>>> >>
>>>> >> http://aerisweather.com/
>>>> >>
>>>> >> http://modelweather.com/
>>>> >>
>>>> >>
>>>> >>
>>>> >> http://facebook.com/wxprofessor/
>>>> >>
>>>> >>
>>>> >>
>>>> >> --------------------------------------------------------
>>>> >>
>>>> >>
>>>> >>
>>>> >> *From:* conduit-bounces@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:
>>>> >> conduit-bounces@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx] *On Behalf Of *Arthur A Person
>>>> >> *Sent:* Friday, February 19, 2016 1:57 PM
>>>> >> *To:* Pete Pokrandt <poker@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
>>>> >> *Cc:* Bentley, Alicia M <ambentley@xxxxxxxxxx>; Michael Schmidt <
>>>> >> mschmidt@xxxxxxxx>; support-conduit@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx <
>>>> >> conduit@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>; _NCEP.List.pmb-dataflow <
>>>> >> ncep.list.pmb-dataflow@xxxxxxxx>; Daes Support <
>>>> daessupport@xxxxxxxxxx>
>>>> >> *Subject:* Re: [conduit] Large CONDUIT latencies to UW-Madison
>>>> >> idd.aos.wisc.edu starting the last day or two.
>>>> >>
>>>> >>
>>>> >>
>>>> >> Pete,
>>>> >>
>>>> >>
>>>> >>
>>>> >> We've been struggling with latencies for months to the point where
>>>> I've
>>>> >> been feeding gfs 0p25 from NCEP and the rest from Unidata... that
>>>> is, up
>>>> >> untl Feb 10th.  The afternoon of the 10th, our latencies to NCEP
>>>> dropped to
>>>> >> what I consider "normal", an average maximum latency of about 30
>>>> seconds.
>>>> >> Our networking folks and NCEP have been trying to identify what this
>>>> >> problem was, but as far as I know, no problem has been identified or
>>>> action
>>>> >> taken.  So, it appears it's all buried in the mysteries of the
>>>> internet.
>>>> >> I've switched data collection back to NCEP at this point, but I'm on
>>>> the
>>>> >> edge of my seat waiting to see if it reverts back to the old
>>>> behavior...
>>>> >>
>>>> >>
>>>> >>
>>>> >>                   Art
>>>> >>
>>>> >>
>>>> >> ------------------------------
>>>> >>
>>>> >> *From: *"Pete Pokrandt" <poker@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
>>>> >> *To: *"Carissa Klemmer - NOAA Federal" <carissa.l.klemmer@xxxxxxxx>,
>>>> >> "Arthur A Person" <aap1@xxxxxxx>, "_NCEP.List.pmb-dataflow" <
>>>> >> ncep.list.pmb-dataflow@xxxxxxxx>
>>>> >> *Cc: *"support-conduit@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx" <conduit@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>,
>>>> >> "Michael Schmidt" <mschmidt@xxxxxxxx>, "Bentley, Alicia M" <
>>>> >> ambentley@xxxxxxxxxx>, "Daes Support" <daessupport@xxxxxxxxxx>
>>>> >> *Sent: *Friday, February 19, 2016 12:20:20 PM
>>>> >> *Subject: *Large CONDUIT latencies to UW-Madison idd.aos.wisc.edu
>>>> >> starting the last day or two.
>>>> >>
>>>> >> All,
>>>> >>
>>>> >>
>>>> >>
>>>> >> Not sure if this is on my end or somewhere upstream, but the last
>>>> several
>>>> >> runs my CONDUIT latencies have been getting huge to the point where
>>>> we are
>>>> >> losing data.
>>>> >>
>>>> >>
>>>> >>
>>>> >> I did stop my ldm the other day to add in an alternate feed for
>>>> Gilbert at
>>>> >> allisonhous.com, not sure if that pushed me over a bandwidth limit,
>>>> or by
>>>> >> reconnecting we got hooked up to a different remote ldm, or taking a
>>>> >> different path, that shot the latencies up.
>>>> >>
>>>> >>
>>>> >>
>>>> >> Seems to be really only CONDUIT, none of our other feeds show this
>>>> kind of
>>>> >> latency.
>>>> >>
>>>> >>
>>>> >>
>>>> >> Still looking into things locally, but wanted make people aware. I
>>>> just
>>>> >> rebooted idd.aos.wisc.edu, will see if that helps at all.
>>>> >>
>>>> >>
>>>> >>
>>>> >> Here's an ldmping and traceroute from idd.aos.wisc.edu to
>>>> >> conduit.ncep.noaa.gov.
>>>> >>
>>>> >>
>>>> >>
>>>> >> [ldm@idd ~]$ ldmping conduit.ncep.noaa.gov
>>>> >>
>>>> >> Feb 19 17:16:08 INFO:      State    Elapsed Port   Remote_Host
>>>> >> rpc_stat
>>>> >>
>>>> >> Feb 19 17:16:08 INFO: Resolving conduit.ncep.noaa.gov to
>>>> 140.90.101.42
>>>> >> took 0.00486 seconds
>>>> >>
>>>> >> Feb 19 17:16:08 INFO: RESPONDING   0.115499  388
>>>> conduit.ncep.noaa.gov
>>>> >>
>>>> >>
>>>> >>
>>>> >>
>>>> >>
>>>> >> traceroute to conduit.ncep.noaa.gov (140.90.101.42), 30 hops max,
>>>> 60 byte
>>>> >> packets
>>>> >>
>>>> >>  1  r-cssc-b280c-1-core-vlan-510-primary.net.wisc.edu (144.92.130.3)
>>>> >>  0.760 ms  0.954 ms  0.991 ms
>>>> >>
>>>> >>  2  internet2-ord-600w-100G.net.wisc.edu (144.92.254.229)  18.119 ms
>>>> >>  18.123 ms  18.107 ms
>>>> >>
>>>> >>  3  et-10-0-0.107.rtr.clev.net.internet2.edu (198.71.45.9)  27.836
>>>> ms
>>>> >>  27.852 ms  27.838 ms
>>>> >>
>>>> >>  4  et-11-3-0-1276.clpk-core.maxgigapop.net (206.196.177.4)  37.363
>>>> ms
>>>> >>  37.363 ms  37.345 ms
>>>> >>
>>>> >>  5  noaa-i2.demarc.maxgigapop.net (206.196.177.118)  38.051 ms
>>>> 38.254 ms
>>>> >>  38.401 ms
>>>> >>
>>>> >>  6  140.90.111.36 (140.90.111.36)  118.042 ms  118.412 ms  118.529 ms
>>>> >>
>>>> >>  7  140.90.76.69 (140.90.76.69)  41.764 ms  40.343 ms  40.500 ms
>>>> >>
>>>> >>  8  * * *
>>>> >>
>>>> >>  9  * * *
>>>> >>
>>>> >> 10  * * *
>>>> >>
>>>> >>
>>>> >>
>>>> >> Similarly to ncepldm
>>>> >>
>>>> >>
>>>> >>
>>>> >> [ldm@idd ~]$ ldmping ncepldm4.woc.noaa.gov
>>>> >>
>>>> >> Feb 19 17:18:40 INFO:      State    Elapsed Port   Remote_Host
>>>> >> rpc_stat
>>>> >>
>>>> >> Feb 19 17:18:40 INFO: Resolving ncepldm4.woc.noaa.gov to
>>>> 140.172.17.205
>>>> >> took 0.001599 seconds
>>>> >>
>>>> >> Feb 19 17:18:40 INFO: RESPONDING   0.088901  388
>>>> ncepldm4.woc.noaa.gov
>>>> >>
>>>> >> ^C
>>>> >>
>>>> >>
>>>> >>
>>>> >> [ldm@idd ~]$ traceroute ncepldm4.woc.noaa.gov
>>>> >>
>>>> >> traceroute to ncepldm4.woc.noaa.gov (140.172.17.205), 30 hops max,
>>>> 60
>>>> >> byte packets
>>>> >>
>>>> >>  1  r-cssc-b280c-1-core-vlan-510-primary.net.wisc.edu (144.92.130.3)
>>>> >>  0.730 ms  0.831 ms  0.876 ms
>>>> >>
>>>> >>  2  internet2-ord-600w-100G.net.wisc.edu (144.92.254.229)  18.092 ms
>>>> >>  18.092 ms  18.080 ms
>>>> >>
>>>> >>  3  ae0.3454.core-l3.frgp.net (192.43.217.223)  40.196 ms  40.226 ms
>>>> >>  40.256 ms
>>>> >>
>>>> >>  4  noaa-i2.frgp.net (128.117.243.11)  40.970 ms  41.012 ms  40.996
>>>> ms
>>>> >>
>>>> >>  5  2001-mlx8-eth-1-2.boulder.noaa.gov (140.172.2.18)  42.780 ms
>>>> 42.778
>>>> >> ms  42.764 ms
>>>> >>
>>>> >>  6  mdf-rtr-6.boulder.noaa.gov (140.172.6.251)  40.869 ms  40.922 ms
>>>> >>  40.946 ms
>>>> >>
>>>> >>  7  * * *
>>>> >>
>>>> >>  8  * * *
>>>> >>
>>>> >>
>>>> >>
>>>> >>
>>>> >>
>>>> >>
>>>> >>
>>>> >> Pete
>>>> >>
>>>> >>
>>>> >>
>>>> >>
>>>> >>
>>>> >>
>>>> >>
>>>> >> --
>>>> >> Pete Pokrandt - Systems Programmer
>>>> >> UW-Madison Dept of Atmospheric and Oceanic Sciences
>>>> >> 608-262-3086  - poker@xxxxxxxxxxxx
>>>> >>
>>>> >>
>>>> >>
>>>> >>
>>>> >>
>>>> >> --
>>>> >>
>>>> >> Arthur A. Person
>>>> >> Research Assistant, System Administrator
>>>> >> Penn State Department of Meteorology
>>>> >> email:  aap1@xxxxxxx, phone:  814-863-1563
>>>> >>
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>>>> >>
>>>> >
>>>> >
>>>> >
>>>> > --
>>>> > Gerry Creager
>>>> > NSSL/CIMMS
>>>> > 405.325.6371
>>>> > ++++++++++++++++++++++
>>>> > “Big whorls have little whorls,
>>>> > That feed on their velocity;
>>>> > And little whorls have lesser whorls,
>>>> > And so on to viscosity.”
>>>> > Lewis Fry Richardson (1881-1953)
>>>> >
>>>>
>>>>
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>>> Penn State Department of Meteorology
>>> email:  aap1@xxxxxxx, phone:  814-863-1563
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> Penn State Department of Meteorology
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