Network Use on MAY 8

Vint Cerf of UCLA Network Measurement Center has just indicated

to us a requirement to carry out certain performance experiments on

the network prior to installation of the new IMP software on May 15.

These experiments are designed to measure network performance under

heavy traffic load to a single site, and thus may cause the network to

"lock up" such that _no_ traffic can flow (a problem which the new IMP

software is de- signed to prevent). Vint has indicated to us that ARPA

regards these experiments as extremely important in spite of the

possibility of lockup; we have therefore agreed to assist with the

experiments and scheduled them for May 8.

Although we do not know whether these experiments will cause

lockup, we suggest that sites do not schedule important network work

for Monday, May 8. We apologize for the lateness of this announcement.

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