See we are in the wrong business, we should sell servers to the government!
On 5/22/07, Bruce Stewart <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Hi all, > > Seems to me the system was obviously not correctly tested i.e. I'm sure > that it was tested, but obviously the testing was not adequately > designed/practised. > If testing had been properly performed, design flaws would have shown up. > Both of the above point to a lack of technical skills/project management > - not necessarily java or DBA. Could be network or a number of other > things, couldn't it? > > Couple of things I did discover: > - The eNATIS site was very excited when they handled 12 transactions per > second. > - On 18 April they had 1 DB Server. That night they added second server. > - Over the next few weeks they added a third, and then a fourth which was > more powerful than the other 3 put together (makes you wonder what the first > one was!) > > I might be missing something here, but the impression I have is that the > flaws in the system are so fundamental, that the the system (which has been > in development since 2001/2) cannot be "fixed". It seems like a "complete > re-write" is the solution....;-)...perhaps the CT-JUG could take it on as a > little project ;-). > > My 2 cents, > Bruce > PS: shortly before this topic began in this forum, I had been reading > about eNatis and came across this blog which I found quite entertaining: > http://dotnet.org.za/codingsanity/archive/2007/04/23/enatis-performance.aspx > > > -----Original Message----- > *From:* [email protected] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > *On Behalf Of *McFinnigan > *Sent:* 22 May 2007 09:54 > *To:* [email protected] > *Subject:* [CTJUG Forum] Re: eNatis-Anybody know the technology behind it? > > It strikes me that the two most likely scenarios for this clusterfrack are > > 1) Poor database design and a critical lack of DBA skills > 2) Poor understanding of the needs of a high transaction volume system. > > I'm mentally ranking them in order [2, 1], myself. > > The fact that they're going on about needing more server capacity makes me > believe they've got a very inefficient design in place. > > J > > > > > > > This e-mail and any files transmitted with it are confidential and > intended solely for the use of the individual or entity to which they are > addressed. If you have received this e-mail in error please notify NSFAS > immediately. Please note that any views or opinions presented in this > e-mail are solely those of the author and do not necessarily represent those > of the organisation. > > No virus found in this outgoing message. > Checked by AVG Free Edition. > Version: 7.5.467 / Virus Database: 269.7.6/814 - Release Date: 21/05/2007 > 14:01 > > -- Alwyn Schoeman --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "CTJUG Forum" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/CTJUG-Forum For the ctjug home page see http://www.ctjug.org.za -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
