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Hi Bob,
Thanks for the info...
What are the hardware specs on sirocco?
Thelma has 2 1Gb processors, and 4Gb of memory.
Hard drives , I believe are dual 36 GB 10,000 rpm..
And this is who we feed....
# Begin Access control
##
# ALLOW: Who we are willing to feed
#allow MCIDAS 198.116.96.25
# CCNY machine as a test
# HKUST (Hong Kong) LDM server
allow ANY-WSI rcsu1.ust.hk
# WITI LDM servers
allow ANY ^[a-z].*\.witicorp\.com\.?$
# UCAR/NCAR LDM servers
allow ANY
^([a-z].*\.ucar\.edu\.?$)
allow ANY-WSI 216.7.162.10
# COSMIC LDM server: fortytwo.gpsmet.ucar.edu 128.117.29.53
allow ANY-WSI fortytwo.gpsmet.ucar.edu
allow ANY-WSI athos.cosmic.ucar.edu
allow ANY-WSI rain.cosmic.ucar.edu
allow ANY-WSI boreas.cosmic.ucar.edu
# MMM LDM server: box.mmm.ucar.edu 128.117.88.210
allow ANY-WSI box.mmm.ucar.edu
# COMET
allow ANY ldm.comet.ucar.edu
# UNIDATA
allow ANY
^((localhost|loopback)|(127\.0\.0\.1\.?$)|([a-z].*\.unidata\.ucar\.edu\.?$))
#allow ANY wsihcsn.unidata.ucar.edu
allow ANY-WSI zero.unidata.ucar.edu
# CONDUIT NMC2 data feed 6/14/99
allow ANY flip.unidata.ucar.edu
# Other UCAR servers
allow ANY-WSI mop1.eos.ucar.edu
allow ANY-WSI torrent-fddi.ofps.ucar.edu
allow ANY-WSI torrent-fddi.joss.ucar.edu
allow ANY-WSI wetterhorn.ucar.edu
allow ANY-WSI newwetterhorn.ucar.edu
allow ANY-WSI huron.scd.ucar.edu
#
allow ANY 205.226.86.50
allow ANY dataproc.ucar.edu
# ATD
allow ANY
^((localhost|loopback)|(127\.0\.0\.1\.?$)|([a-z].*\.atd\.ucar\.edu\.?$))
# RAP sites
allow WMO aries.rap.ucar.edu
allow ANY ozone.rap.ucar.edu
allow ANY ofour.rap.ucar.edu
allow ANY front.rap.ucar.edu
allow ANY iita.rap.ucar.edu
allow ANY iita2.rap.ucar.edu
# TECOM mahines:
# 10/21/99 ypg.rap.ucar.edu (Yuma,AZ) 128.117.200.89
allow ANY-WSI 128.117.200.89
# ditto.rap.ucar.edu allow 140.196.6.104
allow ANY-WSI 140.196.6.104
# creosote.rap.ucar.edu 140.196.6.47
allow ANY-WSI 140.196.6.47
# sable.rap.ucar.edu 155.148.19.158
allow ANY-WSI 155.148.19.158
# siamese.rap.ucar.edu 128.117.200.56
allow WMO siamese.rap.ucar.edu
# atc.rap.ucar.edu 128.117.200.10
allow WMO atc.rap.ucar.edu
# mm5-dev.rap.ucar.edu
allow WMO mm5-dev.rap.ucar.edu
# rabbit.rap.ucar.edu allow 140.196.6.8
allow ANY-WSI 140.196.6.8
#
# loaf
allow ANY-WSI 155.148.19.140
#
allow ANY-WSI 128.117.200.56
#
#
# IDD-relay top tier nodes
allow ANY-WSI nport.alden.com
allow ANY-WSI grayskies.atmos.washington.edu
allow ANY-WSI drier.atmos.washington.edu
allow ANY-WSI dry.atmos.washington.edu
allow ANY-WSI sunny.atmos.washington.edu
allow ANY-WSI sunny89.atmos.washington.edu
allow ANY-WSI air.atmos.washington.edu
allow ANY-WSI air89.atmos.washington.edu
#
allow ANY-WSI blueskies.sprl.umich.edu
allow ANY-WSI blueskies.sprl.umich.edu
allow ANY-WSI aldehyde.sprl.umich.edu
allow ANY-WSI yang.sprl.umich.edu
allow ANY-WSI yin.engin.umich.edu
allow ANY-WSI onesky.engin.umich.edu
allow ANY-WSI ^(sirocco\.srcc\.lsu\.edu|130\.39\.188\.220)$
allow ANY-WSI maestro.srcc.lsu.edu
allow ANY-WSI stokes.metr.uoknor.edu
allow ANY-WSI stokes.metr.ou.edu
allow WMO ^(sleet|ingestor)\.wunderground\.com$
#
# temporary sites allowed
allow ANY-WSI nora.gsfc.nasa.gov
allow ANY-WSI kelvin.ca.uky.edu
allow ANY-WSI sxmjg-2.sois.alaska.edu
allow ANY-WSI 207.44.114.42
allow ANY-WSI twister.millersville.edu
allow ANY-WSI coriolis.met.tamu.edu
allow ANY-WSI tornado.geos.ulm.edu
allow NNEXRAD typhoon.atmos.ucla.edu
allow ANY-WSI supercell.db.erau.edu
allow ANY-WSI fujita.afit.edu
allow HDS atlas.earthsci.unimelb.edu.au
#
#
# local site allow
allow ANY-WSI orbit.colorado.edu
allow ANY-WSI weather.uwyo.edu
allow ANY-WSI aurora.atmos.colostate.edu
allow ANY-WSI sunset.atmos.colostate.edu
allow ANY-WSI scorpio.cira.colostate.edu
allow ANY-WSI ^(auriga|regulus)\.cira\.colostate\.edu
allow ANY-WSI cirrus.al.noaa.gov
allow WMO shylock.fsl.noaa.gov
allow WMO gobbo.fsl.noaa.gov
allow ANY-WSI ^(titan|inti)\.efis\.ucr\.ac\.cr$
# IP for Jimmy Mejia for Costa Rico
allow ANY-WSI ^(163\.178\.110\.76|163\.178\.110\.213)$
allow ANY-WSI 206.153.38.42
allow ANY-WSI gobbo.fsl.noaa.gov
allow ANY-WSI shylock.fsl.noaa.gov
allow ANY-WSI cyclone.natnet.du.edu
#
# vBNS sites
allow ANY-WSI atm.geo.nsf.gov
allow ANY-WSI sunset.meteor.wisc.edu
allow ANY-WSI profhorn.meteor.wisc.edu
allow ANY-WSI ihlseng.ugems.psu.edu
allow ANY-WSI navier.meteo.psu.edu
allow ANY-WSI louisxiv.eas.gatech.edu
allow ANY-WSI meteora.ucsd.edu
allow ANY-WSI meteora-e.ucsd.edu
allow ANY-WSI snow.cit.cornell.edu
allow ANY-WSI virga.cit.cornell.edu
allow ANY-WSI data.atmos.uiuc.edu
allow ANY-WSI squall.atmos.uiuc.edu
allow ANY-WSI flood.atmos.uiuc.edu
allow ANY-WSI nimbus.atmo.arizona.edu
allow ANY-WSI unidata.ssec.wisc.edu
allow ANY-WSI noaaport.ssec.wisc.edu
allow ANY-WSI sunshine.ssec.wisc.edu
allow ANY-WSI whitestar.uoregon.edu
allow ANY-WSI ingestor.wunderground.edu
allow NEXRAD ".*\.edu$"
#
# CONDUIT relays
allow NMC2|SPARE met\.utah\.edu$
allow NMC2|SPARE atmo\.arizona\.edu$
allow NMC2|SPARE meteo\.psu\.edu$
allow NMC2|SPARE omega\.fsl\.noaa\.gov$
allow NMC2|SPARE meteor\.wisc\.edu$
allow NMC2|SPARE \.cod\.edu$
allow NMC2|SPARE \.caps\.ou\.edu$
# allow for temp motherlode outage 2/14/2002
allow ANY-WSI ".*\.edu$"
####
# ACCEPT: What we will accept from whom
##
###############################################################################
# Accept Entries
###############################################################################
Thanks for the NMC3 feed, let me know if we can help with load issues..
-Jeff
____________________________ _____________________
Jeff Weber address@hidden
Unidata Support PH:303-497-8676
NWS-COMET Case Study Library FX:303-497-8690
University Corp for Atmospheric Research 3300 Mitchell Ln
http://www.unidata.ucar.edu/staff/jweber Boulder,Co 80307-3000
________________________________________ ______________________
On Wed, 27 Mar 2002, Robert Leche wrote:
> Jeff,
>
> Sirocco's ldmd.conf was modified to include:
>
> allow NMC3 supercell.db.erau.edu
>
> Ldm was restarted so your contact should be set. Let me know of any
> problems and I will contact you when the loading reports are completed. We
> may need to look at the users accessing data from Sirocco at some point
> here is the current allow entries:
>
> # The LDM will NOT start if the lines are commented out.
> allow ANY
>
> ^((localhost|loopback)|(127\.0\.0\.1\.?$)|([a-z].*\.unidata\.ucar\.edu\.?$))#
>
> #
> # Begin LSU access control additions
> #
> allow UNIDATA|FSL2|DIFAX|NMC3 ^[a-z].*\.ssec\.wisc\.edu$
> allow UNIDATA|FSL2|DIFAX|NMC3 measun.nrrc.ncsu.edu
> allow UNIDATA|FSL2|DIFAX|NMC3 meaculpa.nrrc.ncsu.edu
> allow UNIDATA|FSL2|DIFAX|NMC3 atm.geo.nsf.gov
> allow UNIDATA|FSL2|DIFAX|NMC3 rgps1.jpl.nasa.gov
> allow UNIDATA|FSL2|DIFAX|NMC3 odin.mankato.msus.edu
> allow UNIDATA|FSL2|DIFAX|NMC3 cyclone.geos.nlu.edu
> allow UNIDATA|FSL2|DIFAX|NMC3 cyclone.geos.ulm.edu
> allow UNIDATA|FSL2|DIFAX|NMC3 tornado.net2.nlu.edu
> allow UNIDATA|FSL2|DIFAX|NMC3 cacimbo.ggy.uga.edu
> allow UNIDATA|FSL2|DIFAX|NMC3 vortmax.rutgers.edu
> allow UNIDATA|FSL2|DIFAX|NMC3 ns2.rutgers.edu
> allow UNIDATA|FSL2|DIFAX|NMC3 temperature.rutgers.edu
> allow UNIDATA|FSL2|DIFAX|NMC3 blueskies.sprl.umich.edu
> allow UNIDATA|FSL2|DIFAX|NMC3 rodger.awis.auburn.edu
> allow MCIDAS rodger.awis.auburn.edu
> allow UNIDATA|FSL2|DIFAX|NMC3 aqua.nsstc.uah.edu
> #allow UNIDATA|FSL2|DIFAX|NMC3 aqua.atmos.uah.edu
> allow ANY ^[a-z].*\.unidata\.ucar\.edu$
> allow ANY aqua.nsstc.uah.edu
> allow ANY ^[a-z].*\.srcc\.lsu\.edu$
> allow ANY ^[a-z].*\.csi\.lsu\.edu$
> allow ANY ^[a-z].*\.esl\.lsu\.edu$
> allow ANY mistral.srcc.lsu.edu
> allow ANY mistral
> allow ANY sirocco.srcc.lsu.edu
> allow ANY sirocco
> allow ANY antares.esl.lsu.edu
> allow ANY antares
> allow ANY weather.admin.niu.edu
> allow ANY weather3.admin.niu.edu
> allow ANY wxmcidas.nsbf.nasa.gov
> allow NMC3 supercell.db.erau.edu
> allow NNEXRAD cirrus.al.noaa.gov
> allow UNIDATA|FSL2|DIFAX|NMC3 sunset.meteor.wisc.edu
> #allow WSI sysu1.uni.wsicorp.com
> allow UNIDATA|FSL2|DIFAX|NMC3 ic1q01.cod.edu
> allow UNIDATA|FSL2|DIFAX|NMC3 weather.cod.edu
> allow ANY wr.psi.sunynassau.edu
> allow ANY tornado.geos.ulm.edu
> #allow UNIDATA|FSL2|DIFAX|NMC3
> allow ANY flood.atmos.uiuc.edu
> allow UNIDATA|NNEXRAD betsy.jsums.edu
>
> ###############################################################################
>
> # Accept Entries
> ###############################################################################
>
>
>
>
> Bob
>
>
> Weber wrote:
>
> > Hi Bob,
> >
> > Thanks so much, let us know if we can help with diagnosing your load on
> > sirocco..
> >
> > Great to hear you are playing..and performing!
> >
> > Let us know when you stop and start so Chris can begin requesting data
> > from sirocco..
> >
> > Chris,
> >
> > If I did not mention the full name of Bob's machine it is:
> >
> > sirocco.srcc.lsu.edu
> >
> > Thanks everyone,
> >
> > -Jeff
> > ____________________________ _____________________
> > Jeff Weber address@hidden
> > Unidata Support PH:303-497-8676
> > NWS-COMET Case Study Library FX:303-497-8690
> > University Corp for Atmospheric Research 3300 Mitchell Ln
> > http://www.unidata.ucar.edu/staff/jweber Boulder,Co 80307-3000
> > ________________________________________ ______________________
>
> --
>
> ----------------------------------------------------------------
> Robert Leche
> System Administrator
> Louisiana State University - Southern Regional Climate Center
> 260 Howe-Russell Building
> Baton Rouge, La. 70803
> address@hidden
> 225 578 5023
> ----------------------------------------------------------------
>
>
>