Subject: RE: FAA Computer glitch
From: Kevin Corkery (kcorkery@live.com)
Date: Thu Nov 19 2009 - 14:23:44 EST
I could be wrong but I recall that Flex was sold on one of those NumaQ systems for the FAA; new hardware, old software so to speak. In any case, I could be mistaken about this. A more interesting one I'd like to know about is the consolidation of TD-Bank and TD-Banknorth that took place back in the beginning of October. Seems the first consolidated overnight "batch" run took more than "ovenight" to complete or at least that's the only thing that's been told to the public. This caused all sorts of problems for the bank's customers; particulary processing of direct deposits. I'll bet there was some sort of platform shift involved here. I wouldn't think that any mainframe shop wouldn't have configured some capacity-on-demand arrangement with IBM on a System Z for the conversion. We'll probably never know for sure unless someone from Harvard gets to do a case study. -----Original Message----- From: owner-vse-l@Lehigh.EDU [mailto:owner-vse-l@Lehigh.EDU] On Behalf Of Mike Moore Sent: Thursday, November 19, 2009 2:12 PM To: VSE Discussion List Subject: RE: FAA Computer glitch Dave, I've found that the only time folks mention particulars about hardware or software is when it bashes mainframes and can be used to procure funding for a huge redesign. Mike Moore IT Manager Alabama Judicial Datacenter 300 Dexter Ave Montgomery, AL 36104 334-954-5025 -----Original Message----- From: owner-vse-l@Lehigh.EDU [mailto:owner-vse-l@Lehigh.EDU] On Behalf Of David Stuart Sent: Thursday, November 19, 2009 01:08 PM To: VSE Discussion List Subject: RE: FAA Computer glitch According to the news this morning, yes, it is/was the computer that handles flight plans. They didn't say what type, vendor, or anything else about the computer itself. Probably one of those really ancient mainframe things ;) Dave Dave Stuart Prin. Info. Systems Support Analyst County of Ventura, CA 805-662-6731 David.Stuart@ventura.org>>> "Kevin Corkery" <kcorkery@live.com> 11/19/2009 11:01 AM >>> Isn't the computer that handles the automated flight plan stuff a Flex-ES system? I guess nobody wanted to admit "it's a bad dongle" ;-) -----Original Message----- From: owner-vse-l@Lehigh.EDU [mailto:owner-vse-l@Lehigh.EDU] On Behalf Of Robert Payne Sent: Thursday, November 19, 2009 1:59 PM To: VSE Discussion List Subject: RE: FAA Computer glitch They recite the words, but don't know the song. -----Original Message----- From: owner-vse-l@Lehigh.EDU [mailto:owner-vse-l@Lehigh.EDU]On Behalf Of Mike Moore Sent: Thursday, November 19, 2009 12:56 PM To: VSE Discussion List Subject: FAA Computer glitch Hmmmmmm... According to the news: Some flights were more than two hours behind schedule. Airports around the South also reported delays and cancel source of the computer software malfunction was a "packet switch" that "failed due to a database mismatch." Mike Moore IT Manager Alabama Judicial Datacenter 300 Dexter Ave Montgomery, AL 36104 334-954-5025
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