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While writing this proposal, a number of questions came up that need
further investigation. These are listed in this section.
- Empirically investigate the added value in collecting
information at different places. Determine how one can best
select the sites were data is collected. Determine how to merge
identical data collected at different sites.
- As can be seen from table 1, the RIS will have to
handle large amounts of data.
What is the best database to use for this project and how
can its performance be optimized/tuned for this project?
- Find out, in collaboration with the first users, how long
the data should remain in the database?
- Is the full data still useful after a while, or can it be
reduced to a smaller sample that is only sufficient to produce
statistics?
- Determine the optimal number of routing table dumps per day
based on practical experience with the first RRC's.
- Investigate if default routes should be collected as well.
Default routes are routes that are used by routers if no
information about a certain IP-prefix is known.
- It will be necessary idea to maintain a mirror data-base
of the aut-num objects (and their history) in the RIR databases.
When analyzing
data at a later point in time this information will be essential. The
maximum number of ASN's is
so this will not create a large volume of data. However, the
data is stored into several whois-servers so a common format
and tools to extract information from the servers will have to
be defined.
- Investigate what kind of support is necessary for RRC and Server
machines at NCC on a ``24/7''-basis, in order to make the RIS
available to its users full time.
For a service as the RIS, it is essential that the potential users of the
service are involved from the first stage of development. The RIPE NCC
has therefore started to look for users of the
alpha- and beta-versions.
Inside the NCC, there is interest in using the first versions and work
on the definition of the user interface, database queries and
other services based on the data.
Outside the NCC, at least 4 sites have shown interest in providing us with
data through peering sessions and it is hoped that these sites will also
act as the first external users of the project.
In order to get optimal feedback from the first users, documentation and a
user's manual will be written as the project is being developed. The
documentation will describe the program, the user's manual will show how
the data should be interpreted and how it can be used for operational
purposes. It is also planned to give regular progress reports in the
appropriate RIPE-WG's and solicit input from all interested parties.
When the project is in a more mature state, turning the RIS into a regular
service will be discussed in the RIPE-WG's.
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Henk Uijterwaal
Thu Oct 14 13:53:27 MEST 1999