POL00028366 - Email to Andy Radka at POCL from Keith Baines at POCL re system freezes and response to ICL

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From Andrew Radka/POCL/POSTOFFICE

Date 10/08/99 13:33

Subject Fwd: System Freezes &

Graham

Can you plse get me some data on our ECCO etc experience as a matter of urgency?
Andy

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From Keith K Baines/POCL/POSTOFFICE
Date 10/08/99 12:31

Subject System Freezes

Andy,

As you probably know, one of the potential High severity acceptance incidents still outstanding
relates to the number of times that the system freezes and has to be re-booted before it can be
used again.

Pathway seem to be preparing a line on this (for Peter Copping) that the problem is only at the
level that we should have expected from a computer-based system, and is in line with industry
norms. We need to be in a position to refute this. Chris French is following up the line of
external benchmarking. In parallel, it would help our case if we could show that we do not have
this level of incident with our existing systems.

Are there performance stats, or help desk analyses available for ECCO+ and/or ALPS that
would show up the level of freezes and re-boots for our existing systems?

To be included in our inputs to Peter Copping, stats would be needed by mid day on Thursday
at the latest. Any info after that would be useful as briefing for Dave Miller in the meeting with
Copping scheduled for next Monday.

Keith

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From Graham Shervington/POCL/POSTOFFICE
Date 10/08/99 16:38

Subject Re: Fwd: System Freezes

Andy

Per your request, please find examples of “systems freeze’ calls to the help desk over
the last 3 months re ECCO/ALPS platforms.

Regards

Graham

systemfreeze.xls

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From Andrew Radka/POCL/POSTOFFICE
Date 10/08/99 13:33

Subject Fwd: System Freezes

Graham

Can you plse get me some data on our ECCO etc experience as a matter of urgency?
Andy

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cc Chris French@MAILHUB, Ruth Holleran/POCL/P\ TOFFICEG”
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From Keith K Baines/POCL/POSTOFFICE

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Date 10/08/99 12:31
Subject System Freezes
Andy,

As you probably know, one of the potential High severity acceptance incidents still outstanding
relates to the number of times that the system freezes and has to be re-booted before it can be
used again.

Pathway seem to be preparing a line on this (for Peter Copping) that the problem is only at the
level that we should have expected from a computer-based system, and is in line with industry
norms. We need to be in a position to refute this. Chris French is following up the line of
external benchmarking. In parallel, it would help our case if we could show that we do not have
this level of incident with our existing systems.

Are there performance stats, or help desk analyses available for ECCO+ and/or ALPS that
would show up the level of freezes and ré-boots for our existing systems?

To be included in our inputs to Peter Copping, stats would be needed by mid day on Thursday
at the latest. Any info after that would be useful as briefing for Dave Miller in the meeting with
Copping scheduled for next Monday.

Keith

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6 DATE No of Terminals Volume of SW calls
7 Apr-99 6305 393
8 May-99 6305 344
9 Jun-99 6305 305
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15 DATE No of Terminals Volume of SW calls
16 Apr-99 4551 348
17 May-99 4551 263
18 Jun-99 4551 303

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6 I System Freezes % of calls % occurences per terminal
7 22 5.60 0.35
8 24 6.98 0.38
9 10 3.28 0.16
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15 I System Freezes % of calls % occurences per terminal
16 48 13.79 1.05
17 28 10.65 0.62
18 26 8.58 0.57