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<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";
color:#1F497D'>Jim needs to respond definitively, but it’s been running for a
while, but perhaps on a different server. <o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";
color:#1F497D'>-David<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal style='text-autospace:none'><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:"Courier New";color:#1F497D'>David Oppenheimer
office:650.329.4792<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='text-autospace:none'><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:"Courier New";color:#1F497D'>U.S. Geological Survey
fax: 650.329.4732<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='text-autospace:none'><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:"Courier New";color:#1F497D'>345 Middlefield Road.-MS 977 email:
oppen@usgs.gov<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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color:#1F497D'>Menlo Park, CA 94025</span><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";
color:#1F497D'><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"'>From:</span></b><span
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"'> Christopher J
Bidwell [mailto:cbidwell@usgs.gov] <br>
<b>Sent:</b> Tuesday, October 06, 2009 10:16 AM<br>
<b>To:</b> oppen@usgs.gov<br>
<b>Cc:</b> ehpweb@geohazards.usgs.gov; Jim Luetgert<br>
<b>Subject:</b> Re: [EHPweb] ppicker on eids servers.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:12.0pt'><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>I just think it's strange that all of the
eids servers seemed to have been giving me all the same responses in zabbix,
going into an up-down state, etc. Without having access (away from any
computer) to them due to being on A/L, I felt helpless. Has nqs been
running for quite some time now or has it recently just been installed?</span> <br>
<span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>----------------<br>
Thank you,<br>
<br>
Chris Bidwell, RHCT<br>
Red Hat Linux Administrator<br>
Geologic Hazards Team<br>
US Geological Survey<br>
email: cbidwell@usgs.gov<br>
work: 303-273-8642<br>
mobile: 303-435-6362<br>
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<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:7.5pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>"David
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<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:7.5pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'><ehpweb@geohazards.usgs.gov></span>
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<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:7.5pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>Jim
Luetgert <luetgert@usgs.gov></span> <o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:7.5pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>10/06/2009
11:08 AM</span> <o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:7.5pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>Re:
[EHPweb] ppicker on eids servers.</span> <o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:7.5pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>ehpweb-bounces@geohazards.usgs.gov</span><o:p></o:p></p>
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<span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#004080'>It
is the NetQuakes acquisition software. It is located in ~ppicker/bin/nqs.
There are several components to the acquisition system, so if you can provide
more information about what is using the most CPU we can determine if something
is awry.</span> <br>
<span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#004080'> </span>
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<span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#004080'>The
NQ software waits for NetQuakes dataloggers to check in on an hourly basis with
State-of-health information, upload earthquake data when the instrument
triggers, and upload log files. It shouldn’t have any load on the machine,
other to check whether a file is there or a datalogger is attempting to
connect. The NetQuakes dataloggers live on the Internet, so the server
needs to be on a public facing machine.</span> <br>
<span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#004080'> </span>
<br>
<span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#004080'>-David
</span><br>
<span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#004080'> </span>
<br>
<span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#004080'> </span>
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<span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Courier New";color:#004080'>-------------------------------------------------------</span>
<br>
<span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Courier New";color:#004080'>David
Oppenheimer
office:650.329.4792</span> <br>
<span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Courier New";color:#004080'>U.S.
Geological Survey fax: 650.329.4732</span>
<br>
<span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Courier New";color:#004080'>345
Middlefield Road.-MS 977 email: oppen@usgs.gov</span> <br>
<span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Courier New";color:#004080'>Menlo
Park, CA 94025</span> <br>
<span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#004080'> </span>
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<b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"'>From:</span></b><span
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"'>
ehpweb-bounces@geohazards.usgs.gov [</span><a
href="mailto:ehpweb-bounces@geohazards.usgs.gov"><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"'>mailto:ehpweb-bounces@geohazards.usgs.gov</span></a><span
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"'>] <b>On Behalf Of </b>Christopher
J Bidwell<b><br>
Sent:</b> Tuesday, October 06, 2009 6:59 AM<b><br>
To:</b> ehpweb@geohazards.usgs.gov<b><br>
Subject:</b> [EHPweb] ppicker on eids servers.</span> <br>
<br>
<span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>All,</span> <br>
<span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'><br>
Can anyone tell me what <b>nqs </b>is and why it is running on the eids
servers. It seems to be using approx 99% cpu consistantly.</span> <span
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'><br>
----------------<br>
Thank you,<br>
<br>
Chris Bidwell, RHCT<br>
Red Hat Linux Administrator<br>
Geologic Hazards Team<br>
US Geological Survey<br>
email: cbidwell@usgs.gov<br>
work: 303-273-8642<br>
mobile: 303-435-6362</span><tt><span style='font-size:10.0pt'>_______________________________________________</span></tt><span
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