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Paul, > Hi, > > I've been using pqcat with the -O option to find the origin of data on the > LDM that is produced using our products, and I had a couple of questions. > > #1) In this example: > > May 13 22:04:36 pqcat[25498] INFO: 2447227 20150513211628.840 EXP 000 > CIP15 2015051321 20150513_210000.grb2 awcdas.awc_v_204.227.127.47 > > As far as I can tell .awc is not a valid TLD. How is awcdas.awc being set > as the origin of this data? The LDM ingester that created the data-product sets the name of the originating system -- hopefully (but not necessarily) from the value of the "/hostname" parameter in the LDM registry. In your example, either the value of that parameter is "awcdas.awc" or the ingester used something else. We can't enforce compliance. > #2) In this example: > > May 13 22:04:53 pqcat[25513] INFO: 5485 20150513210007.889 HDS > 27251900 YAWC34 KKCI 132000 !grib2/ncep/AWC_CIP/#130 > /201505132000F002/ICPRB/8230 m HGHT > chico.unidata.ucar.edu_v_idd.unidata.ucar.edu > > The data is originally inserted on chico.unidata.ucar.edu. Chico is the hostname of the machine that create this data-product. > Is this part of > the CONDUIT? No. Chico is one of our machines that ingest data from the NOAAPort broadcast. > What is the origin of this data before it gets to the LDM? > How was it decided to put this data on the IDD? Do you have any > information about who uses this data? Data from the NOAAPort broadcast is used by almost all of our users. You can see the distribution tree for NOAAPort textual data-products at <http://rtstats.unidata.ucar.edu/cgi-bin/rtstats/rtstats_feedtree?IDS|DDPLUS>. > Thanks, > Paul Prestopnik > In-Flight Icing @ RAL/NCAR Regards, Steve Emmerson Ticket Details =================== Ticket ID: QAD-174388 Department: Support LDM Priority: Normal Status: Closed