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Accessing current performance data via the web
- Go to http://www-wanmon.slac.stanford.edu/cgi-wrap/pingtable.pl
- Choose the monitoring host and target, click on the ?. That will take you to something like:
http://www.slac.stanford.edu/cgi-wrap/dbprac.pl?alias=AU.AARNET.ADELAIDE.N1&monalias=EDU.SLAC.STANFORD.N3 - In the line "Time series plot of RTT & Loss last 7 days including today so far from EDU.SLAC.STANFORD.N3(pinger.slac.stanford.edu) to AU.AARNET.ADELAIDE.N1(adl-a-ext1.aarnet.net.au): click here, add csv file.": Click 'add csv file' to get to:
- http://www-wanmon.slac.stanford.edu/cgi-wrap/ping_data_plot.pl?monitor=pinger.slac.stanford.edu&sites=adl-a-ext1.aarnet.net.au&begin_day=24&begin_month=6&begin_year=2013&end_day=30&end_month=6&end_year=2013&data
- You can cut and paste the data into Excel or whatever.
- If you just want the data then use http://www-wanmon.slac.stanford.edu/cgi-wrap/ping_data_plot.pl?monitor=pinger.slac.stanford.edu&sites=adl-a-ext1.aarnet.net.au&begin_day=24&begin_month=6&begin_year=2013&end_day=30&end_month=6&end_year=2013&data&data=100 and modify the sites, and date parameters to select what you want. You can use this URL from this together with wget to get the data into a script.
Accessing raw data via anonymous FTP
Some older data (2011) raw PingER data (i.e. data gathered daily from the monitoring sites, before it is analyzed and aggregated) is available by anonymous FTP via ftp get. Use your email address at the password. See the section below for the format
16cottrell@pinger:~$ftp ftp.slac.stanford.edu Connected to ftp.slac.stanford.edu (134.79.18.30). 220-=========================================================================== 220- NOTICE TO USERS 220- 220-This is a Federal computer system and is the property of the United States 220-Government. It is for authorized use only. Users (authorized or 220-unauthorized) have no explicit or implicit expectation of privacy. 220- 220-Any or all uses of this system and all files on this system may be 220-intercepted, monitored, recorded, copied, audited, inspected, and disclosed 220-to authorized site, Department of Energy, and law enforcement personnel, as 220-well as authorized officials of other agencies, both domestic and foreign. 220-By using this system, the user consents to such interception, monitoring, 220-recording, copying, auditing, inspection, and disclosure at the discretion 220-of authorized site or Department of Energy personnel. 220- 220-Unauthorized or improper use of this system may result in administrative 220-disciplinary action and civil and criminal penalties. By continuing to use 220-this system you indicate your awareness of and consent to these terms and 220-conditions of use. LOG OFF IMMEDIATELY if you do not agree to the 220-conditions stated in this warning. 220- 220-Connection from 134.79.104.80 logged 220-=========================================================================== 220-=============================================================================== 220- NOTICE TO USERS 220- 220-This is a Federal computer system and is the property of the United States 220-Government. It is for authorized use only. Users (authorized or unauthorized) 220-have no explicit or implicit expectation of privacy. 220- 220-Any or all uses of this system and all files on this system may be intercepted, 220-monitored, recorded, copied, audited, inspected, and disclosed to authorized 220-site, Department of Energy, and law enforcement personnel, as well as 220-authorized officials of other agencies, both domestic and foreign. By using 220-this system, the user consents to such interception, monitoring, recording, 220-copying, auditing, inspection, and disclosure at the discretion of authorized 220-site or Department of Energy personnel. 220- 220-Unauthorized or improper use of this system may result in administrative 220-disciplinary action and civil and criminal penalties. By continuing to use 220-this system you indicate your awareness of and consent to these terms and 220-conditions of use. LOG OFF IMMEDIATELY if you do not agree to the conditions 220-stated in this warning. 220- 220-=============================================================================== 220-RHEL Client release 5.9 (Tikanga) 2.6.18-348.6.1.el5 (8x2336MHz X4150) 220-=============================================================================== 220 FTP server ready. Name (ftp.slac.stanford.edu:cottrell): anonymous 331 Anonymous login ok, send your complete email address as your password Password: 230-==================================================================== 230- 230-Stanford Linear Accelerator Center Anonymous FTP Server 230- 230-==================================================================== 230- 230-This server is for anonymous read access to public information 230-made available at SLAC, and provides an anonymous incoming 'drop 230-box' directory for files that is readable only by individuals 230-who have SLAC accounts. If you are looking for the SLAC anonymous 230-ftp server for the dissemination of experimental data, the server 230-name is ftp-[experiment].slac.stanford.edu (where [experiment] is 230-currently glast, babar, iepm, lcd, e162, and e157). 230- 230-All incoming files should be placed in the incoming directory. 230-Files placed in the incoming directory may not be read back via 230-anonymous ftp. 230- 230-Any questions about this service should be sent via email to 230-unix-admin@slac.stanford.edu 230- 230-==================================================================== 230-Anonymous access granted, restrictions apply 230-Please read the file README 230- it was last modified on Wed Nov 27 02:12:42 2002 - 3868 days ago 230-Please read the file README.LC02 230- it was last modified on Mon Jan 28 22:48:21 2002 - 4171 days ago 230-Please read the file README.incoming 230- it was last modified on Thu Nov 14 19:38:30 2002 - 3881 days ago 230-Please read the file README.outgoing 230- it was last modified on Mon Mar 10 20:52:44 2003 - 3765 days ago 230-Please read the file README.tip_inbox 230 it was last modified on Fri Jul 6 22:09:28 2001 - 4377 days ago Remote system type is UNIX. Using binary mode to transfer files. ftp> dir 227 Entering Passive Mode (134,79,18,30,193,143). 150 Opening ASCII mode data connection for file list dr-xr-xr-x 3 ftp ftp 2048 May 9 2011 . dr-xr-xr-x 3 ftp ftp 2048 May 9 2011 .. -r--r--r-- 1 ftp ftp 405 Nov 27 2002 README -r--r--r-- 1 ftp ftp 1156 Jan 28 2002 README.LC02 -r--r--r-- 1 ftp ftp 606 Nov 14 2002 README.incoming -r--r--r-- 1 ftp ftp 1089 Mar 10 2003 README.outgoing -r--r--r-- 1 ftp ftp 275 Jul 6 2001 README.tip_inbox dr-xr-xr-x 2 ftp ftp 2048 Jun 29 14:29 admin dr-xr-xr-x 2 ftp ftp 2048 Jun 19 1995 doc dr-xr-xr-x 2 ftp ftp 2048 Apr 8 22:24 groups dr-xr-xr-x 5 ftp ftp 4096 Jun 27 04:20 incoming dr-xr-xr-x 2 ftp ftp 2048 Jun 6 15:49 outgoing dr-xr-xr-x 36 ftp ftp 4096 Apr 18 16:22 pgp dr-xr-xr-x 2 ftp ftp 2048 Jul 19 2000 preprints dr-xr-xr-x 2 ftp ftp 2048 Aug 9 1996 pub -r--r--r-- 1 ftp ftp 27 Nov 6 2002 robots.txt dr-xr-xr-x 2 ftp ftp 2048 Mar 1 2012 software dr-xr-xr-x 2 ftp ftp 4096 Mar 6 18:51 users -r--r--r-- 1 ftp ftp 943 Dec 16 2001 welcome.msg 226 Transfer complete ftp> cd users/cottrell/ 250 CWD command successful ftp> dir 227 Entering Passive Mode (134,79,18,30,166,70). 150 Opening ASCII mode data connection for file list dr-xr-xr-x 2 ftp ftp 4096 Jun 30 14:02 . dr-xr-xr-x 2 ftp ftp 4096 Mar 6 18:51 .. -r--r--r-- 1 ftp ftp 335 Oct 5 2001 identity.pub -r--r--r-- 1 ftp ftp 304 Feb 9 1996 pgp.publickey -r--r--r-- 1 ftp ftp 32801520 Jun 30 14:02 ping-2010-04.txt -r--r--r-- 1 ftp ftp 281078 Feb 10 2011 ping-2011-02-01.txt.gz -r--r--r-- 1 ftp ftp 277133 Feb 10 2011 ping-2011-02-02.txt.gz -r--r--r-- 1 ftp ftp 276902 Feb 10 2011 ping-2011-02-03.txt.gz -r--r--r-- 1 ftp ftp 274418 Feb 10 2011 ping-2011-02-04.txt.gz -r--r--r-- 1 ftp ftp 264867 Feb 10 2011 ping-2011-02-05.txt.gz -r--r--r-- 1 ftp ftp 265062 Feb 10 2011 ping-2011-02-06.txt.gz -r--r--r-- 1 ftp ftp 274095 Feb 10 2011 ping-2011-02-07.txt.gz -r--r--r-- 1 ftp ftp 278530 Feb 10 2011 ping-2011-02-08.txt.gz -r--r--r-- 1 ftp ftp 283843 Feb 10 2011 ping-2011-02-09.txt.gz -r--r--r-- 1 ftp ftp 50332466 Mar 16 2011 ping-2011-02.txt.gz -r--r--r-- 1 ftp ftp 40783 Jan 2 2011 ping_data.pl -r--r--r-- 1 ftp ftp 43909120 Jul 2 2007 pinger-ipv6-data.tar.gz -r--r--r-- 1 ftp ftp 19452 Jan 3 2011 pinger.xml -r--r--r-- 1 ftp ftp 38523 Feb 23 2011 traceroute.pl -r--r--r-- 1 ftp ftp 143721020 Feb 23 2011 tracesummary.html 226 Transfer complete ftp>ftp> get ping-2011-02-01.txt.gz ping-2011-02-01.txt.gz local: ping-2011-02-01.txt.gz remote: ping-2011-02-01.txt.gz 227 Entering Passive Mode (134,79,18,30,158,236). 150 Opening BINARY mode data connection for ping-2011-02-01.txt.gz (281078 bytes) 226 Transfer complete 281078 bytes received in 0.0384 secs (7311.55 Kbytes/sec) ftp> quit
You will then need to gunzip the file.
$cp ping-2011-02-01.txt.gz /tmp/ $gunzip /tmp/ping-2011-02-01.txt.gz $vim /tmp/ping-2011-02-01.txt # To look at the file.
Format of the PingER data
The format for the PingER data is available at:
http://www-iepm.slac.stanford.edu/pinger/tools/retrievedata.html#rawdataformat
Data Flow of the PingER data
THis is described in PingER Data Flow at SLAC