Re: [atlas] Probes fluctuation

2019-04-30 Thread Chris Amin
On 30/04/2019 10:54, Daniel Karrenberg wrote:

> I have come across this question a number of times over the years.
> Wouldn't it be relatively straightforward to provide more information to
> the user about these conditions and decisions of the probe selection
> process?

There is an ongoing work item that will achieve this. It isn't
completely straightforward because probe selection is distributed and
has multiple stages, but it is doable and would indeed be useful in
various cases.

Chris



Re: [atlas] Probes fluctuation

2019-04-30 Thread Daniel Karrenberg



On 29/04/2019 11:59, Robert Kisteleki wrote:
> ... It's also possible that the system didn't allocate the probes to you --
> either because they were too busy at certain times, or we couldn't talk
> to them, or there are not enough probes in general to satisfy your
> request. It's hard to tell what's the exact cause from this distance.

I have come across this question a number of times over the years.
Wouldn't it be relatively straightforward to provide more information to
the user about these conditions and decisions of the probe selection
process?

Daniel