robertngo,

A NonStop aka Tandem computer has NO SINGLE point of failure. So, a single hard disk failure cannot bring the system down. In summary, there is something WRONG here.

Dreamer

fyire,

In conclusion, some Malaysian IT people are NOT capable of using the the Nonstop server properly.

"First world infrastructure, third world process and mentality"

Dreamer

This post has been edited by dreamer101: Jul 6 2008, 01:43 AM

robertngo,

1) Why do we have whole radar station burn down because nobody check the fuse of the fire alarm??

2) Why do KLIA out of power for 4 hours even though we supposed to have redundant power feed from 2 power suppliers and 2 power networks??

Understand this and you would understand ALMOST everything WRONG about Malaysia. Why Malaysia is NOT going forward in spite of the tremendous amount of resources that we have.

Dreamer

cherroy,

1) In this case, it is BURSA IT people. But, I had seen ENOUGH examples that to know this problem is MORE wide spread than the bursa.

2) Recently, some Alliance Bank branches are out for one or 2 days too.

As per Godfather movie, "Fish rot from the head first".

Dreamer

The SHORT answer is to manage and run ANY kind of complex system, you NEED GOOD EXPERIENCED PEOPLE to support IT. So, essentially, you have 2 choices:

A) Train your internal people and pay them well enough so that they stay technical

Or

B) Outsource to someone else but you still NEED GOOD people to monitor them

Malaysian culture is WE spent a lot of MONEY on the hardware. But, we neither train, pay and keep REAL TECHNICAL people to support and maintain those hardware. There is NO career path in Malaysia for senior technical people with a lot of experience. Some took the short cut and hire ex-pats. But, they REFUSE to hire oversea Malaysians with similar or better experience. The REASON is they think it is EASIER to control the ex-pats. But, that is harmful for the future of the country. In the end, we are in this catch 22 situation that we NEVER get out

A) There are NO GOOD EXPERIENCE TECHNICAL people that deserve very high pay

B) Technical people do not stay technical because they make more money as manager.

In the end, nothing changes and Malaysia cannot go to the next level of IT capabilities.


This post has been edited by dreamer101: Jul 6 2008, 10:41 AM

robertngo,

If I am NOT mistaken, each process is executed on 3 CPUs. The result is voted on the egress where the majority wins. If one CPU is different than the other 2, it is voted out and detected to be faulty.

<<it is about ensuring the integrity of every transaction>>

You CANNOT ensure the integrity of every transaction with ONLY 2 CPUs. You need at least 3 CPUs to do that. With ONLY 2 CPUs, if the results are different, you cannot tell which CPU has the correct result.

<<That said, they really should have upgraded the server years ago, who is the one that approved the plan to keep running their critical trading system on a obsolete platform.>>

What does that tell you about the Bursa IT system?? It is an OLD system. It should have VERY STABLE process and procedure to handle disaster recovery. People have more than 10 years to work out the problems. But, they cannot do it. So, what makes you think the NEW system with LESS TIME to work out the process and procedure will be BETTER??

It is the PEOPLE that make the system succeed or fail.

Dreamer

Insanity: doing the same thing over and over again and expecting different results.
Albert Einstein

This post has been edited by dreamer101: Jul 7 2008, 05:02 AM