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Donna (& Gerry), CRAFT and NEXRAD2 are synonyms (NEXRAD2 is the more-recent name and is, therefore, preferred).Consequently, the LDM configuration-file on Sasquatch has two, identical requests to idd.unidata.ucar.edu for NEXRAD2 data. One of them should be removed. > Steve, Donna > > There are, indeed, two, one for CRAFT, one for NEXRAD2. What the config > SHOULD look like is all the requests to irads/129.15.40.x should also point > to idd.unidata.ucar.edu for a second feed. > > Donna, if you've questions, let me know. > > Steve, what we have now: > > request NEXRAD2 ".*" idd.unidata.ucar.edu > ... > request CRAFT ".*" idd.unidata.ucar.edu > request CRAFT ".*" charlie.irads.net > request CRAFT "(.*)" 129.15.40.181 > request CRAFT "((.*))" 129.15.40.182 > request CRAFT "(((.*)))" 129.15.40.183 > request CRAFT "((((.*))))" 129.15.40.184 > > Tom and I (mostly Tom, as his initial explanation set my hair afire) > crafted the requests to irads to allow the various servers Carl's got to > serve their little pieces of NEXRAD2 without loss. idd.unidata.ucar.edu has > ALL Level II data. However, A&M'd be getting the feed twice (and probably > has been; bandwidth at A&M is cheap) with a single line request for the > data from Unidata. I think that, in fact, was the logic I used, was that > redundant data was less a problem than lost data. > > I need to wander over with a notebook, and chat with Carl about what > servers serve which data. > > gerry > -- > 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) Regards, Steve Emmerson Ticket Details =================== Ticket ID: IQV-659758 Department: Support LDM Priority: Normal Status: Closed