20030930: request to upgrade LDM to latest release, LDM-6.0.14 (low priority)

>From: Unidata User Support <address@hidden>
>Organization: Unidata Program Center/UCAR
>Keywords: 200309300045.h8U0jvk1023216 IDD LDM upgrade

Hi,

The following is a low priority given that UH is running LDM-6.0.13.
I am sending it anyway since UH is not running the latest LDM
release from the UPC, LDM-6.0.14.


As part of the assessment of the Unidata Internet Data Distribution
(IDD) system in preparation for reorganization, I have compiled a list
of sites who are not currently running the latest LDM available from
the UPC.  Our records indicate that you are the contact person for one
of these sites, so I am writing to strongly encourage you upgrade your
LDM installation.  If you are not the appropriate LDM contact person at
your institution, please relay this email to the appropriate person and
let us know who s/he is.  Thanks!

The older the versions of the LDM that you are running, the more you
need to upgrade.

- Sites running LDM versions prior to LDM-6.x should upgrade immediately.

- Sites running LDM releases prior to LDM-6.0.13 stand to benefit greatly
  from an upgrade.  There was a significant change in the connection
  strategy between LDM-6.0.10/11/12 and LDM-6.0.14:  LDM-6.0.10 would
  first try to connect to an upstream site using LDM-6 protocols, and,
  if the connection attempt failed for any reason, drop back to using
  LDM-5 protocols.  When an upstream LDM-6 is stopped and restarted
  while a downstream is connected, the connection can switch from use
  of LDM-6 protocols to LDM-5 protocols, and the feed will become less
  efficient for both the upstream server and downstream client.

- 6.0.13 users will still benefit from an upgrade to 6.0.14, but the
  benefits are not nearly as great as from previous versions.

  this situation, we are asking you to upgrade the LDM installation on
  our machine(s) to 6.0.14 as soon as possible.

NOTE:

We are willing to do the LDM upgrade for you if we are given
appropriate logins to your machine(s) (we need the login as the user
'ldm', and could use a login as 'root' if you would like us to complete
the installation step that requires 'root' access).   An upgrade of
your LDM would also include a review of the 'request' lines in your
~ldm/etc/ldmd.conf file, and a reorganization of those that would
benefit from modification.

The following lists show which sites are running old LDM versions.
Some sites are included in more than one grouping.


IDD Sites running LDM-5.x
-------------------------------------------
University of Arizona
cyclone.atmo.arizona.edu [ 5.1.3 ]

Colorado State University/CIRA
scorpio.cira.colostate.edu [ 5.x.x ]

Embry-Riddle AU
updraft.db.erau.edu [ 5.x.x ]
supercell.db.erau.edu [ 5.1.4 ]

Lamont Doherty Earth Observatory of Columbia University
shortfin.ldgo.columbia.edu [ 5.1.4 ]

McGill
maelstrom.meteo.mcgill.ca [ 5.0.6 ]

University of Massachusetts Lowell
graupl.uml.edu [ 5.0.8 ]

Moravian College
catwoman.cs.moravian.edu [ 5.1.2 ]

University of Nevada-Reno/DRI
ldmhost.dri.edu [ 5.1.3 ]

North Carolina State University
measol.meas.ncsu.edu [ 5.x.x ]

University of Oklahoma/CAPS
munchkin.caps.ou.edu [ 5.x.x ]

Oregon State University
ocs.OCE.ORST.EDU [ 5.0.8 ]

Texas Tech University
hailshaft.atmo.ttu.edu [ 5.1.3 ]

UCAR/RAP
ofour.rap.ucar.edu [ 5.1.4 ]

Weather Underground
int-frost.wunderground.com [ 5.2.2 ]

Yale
martindale.yalecc.yale.edu [ 5.x.x ]


IDD Sites running LDM-6.0.10
-------------------------------------------
Arizona State University
mothra.la.asu.edu [ 6.0.10 ]

University of Arizona
nimbus.atmo.arizona.edu [ 6.0.10 ]

Colorado State University
sunset.atmos.colostate.edu [ 6.0.10 ]

The Ohio State University
twister.sbs.ohio-state.edu [ 6.0.10 ]

University of Rhode Island
aspre.gso.uri.edu [ 6.0.10 ]

Weather Underground
berry.wunderground.com [ 6.0.10 ]

UCAR/RAP
chisel.rap.ucar.edu [ 6.0.10 ]
level.rap.ucar.edu [ 6.0.10 ]

St. Cloud State
waldo.stcloudstate.edu [ 6.0.10 ]

Texas A&M
coriolis.met.tamu.edu [ 6.0.10 ]

UW/SSEC
dcarchive.ssec.wisc.edu [ 6.0.10 ]
express.ssec.wisc.edu [ 6.0.10 ]
sunshine.ssec.wisc.edu [ 6.0.10 ]

Center for Ocean-Land-Atmosphere Studies
cola8.iges.org [ 6.0.10 ]


IDD Sites running LDM-6.0.11
-------------------------------------------
University of Alaska-Fairbanks
yukon.iarc.uaf.edu [ 6.0.11 ]

Michigan State University
accas.geo.msu.edu [ 6.0.11 ]

New Mexico State University
mariaz.nmsu.edu [ 6.0.11 ]

University of Nebraska-Lincoln
hprcc1.unl.edu [ 6.0.11 ]

University of North Dakota
adiabat.rwic.und.edu [ 6.0.11 ]
borg.rwic.und.edu [ 6.0.11 ]
kepler.rwic.und.edu [ 6.0.11 ]
newton.rwic.und.edu [ 6.0.11 ]

SUNY Oswego
met-62.oswego.edu [ 6.0.11 ]

UW/AOS
f5.aos.wisc.edu [ 6.0.11 ]
mapmaker.aos.wisc.edu [ 6.0.11 ]
profhorn.aos.wisc.edu [ 6.0.11 ]

Embry-Riddle AU
storm.pr.erau.edu [ 6.0.11 ]
wxdata.db.erau.edu [ 6.0.13 ]


IDD Sites running LDM-6.0.12
-------------------------------------------
Rutgers
web.envsci.rutgers.edu [ 6.0.12 ]


IDD Sites running LDM-6.0.13
-------------------------------------------
College of DuPage
weather.cod.edu [ 6.0.13 ]

Creighton
whistler.creighton.edu [ 6.0.13 ]

Embry-Riddle AU
wxdata.db.erau.edu [ 6.0.13 ]

University of Hawaii
vapor.soest.hawaii.edu [ 6.0.13 ]

Environment Canada
wxo-d1.cmc.ec.gc.ca [ 6.0.13 ]

British Atmospheric Data Centre, RAL, Oxford, UK
westerly.badc.rl.ac.uk [ 6.0.13 ]


Thanks in advance for helping us make the IDD as efficient and useful
as possible!

Cheers,

Tom Yoksas