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609 NOUS42 KWNO 201413 ADMNFD SPECIAL NCEP DISCUSSION CENTRAL OPERATIONS/NCEP/NWS/WASHINGTON DC 1355Z UTC TUE DEC 18 2001 NCEP anonymous ftp user... Over the past year...the NCEP ftp server... ftp://ftp.ncep.noaa.gov...has become increasingly congested and has reached its capacity. We have been working towards a long- term solution with the development of a scalable and robust NCEP ftp/web farm. Due to the current problems with ftp://ftp.ncep.noaa.gov...we are accelerating our schedule and will make the new servers available for public anonymous ftp access on 12z Monday December 17 2001. The new ftp servers will be made accessible with the host name ftp://ftpprd.ncep.noaa.gov. We will continue to support the current ftp://ftp.ncep.noaa.gov until Wednesday January 30 2002. During the next seven weeks...NCEP will undergo a transition...making ftp://ftp.ncep.noaa.gov content available on ftp://ftpprd.ncep.noaa.gov. On January 31 2002 the host name of ftp://ftp.ncep.noaa.gov will be reassigned to the new ftp servers and the old server retired. From that point on, the new NCEP anonymous ftp servers will be accessible with the names ftp://ftp.ncep.noaa.gov and ftp://ftpprd.ncep.noaa.gov. On Monday December 17 2001...ftpprd.ncep.noaa.gov will be made publicly accessible and will initially contain a subset of the data currently available on ftp://ftp.ncep.noaa.gov. This initial subset of data on ftp://ftpprd.ncep.noaa.gov will consist of model data that is generated from the NCEP Central Computer System. Be advised that ftp://ftpprd.ncep.noaa.gov will use the same directory paths and filenames as the NCEP Central Computer System. This will simplify data identification and support...but it also means the directory paths and file names will change when switching from ftp://ftp.ncep.noaa.gov to ftp://ftpprd.ncep.noaa.gov. In order to assist you during this transition...the following link contains a mapping between the affected files on the two ftp servers: ftp://ftp.ncep.noaa.gov/pub/data1/xref_to_ftpprd Please note that operationally supported anonymous ftp services are provided by the NWS Telecommunications Operations Center at ftp://tgftp.nws.noaa.gov . You are welcome to use NCEPs anonymous ftp services. Any questions or comments you have about the NCEP service can be sent to mailto:ncep.helpdesk@xxxxxxxx. Thank you for your patience. NCEP Central Operations /NCO/ User Support Service Branch /USSB/ BUREK/SDM/NCO/NCEP...CANO/USSB/NCO/NCEP NNNN ---------- End Forwarded Message ----------
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