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IRCTC website running slow due to fog:
committee report
New Delhi. A high level technical committee formed
by...
more... IRCTC to look into the perennial problem of the
website running slow has come up with its interim
report. The committee has claimed that the website
is currently running slow due to fog.
“IRCTC servers are present in Delhi and it's very
foggy out there, which has resulted in slow
execution of codes on the server. Especially during
the morning hours when Tatkal window opens,
situation is very bad due to dense fog,” said Kohram
Singh, one of the experts of the committee.
This is the first time fog has been found to impact
traffic on to a website, even though it often impacts
rail, air, and road traffic.
“You see, the whole process of ticket booking takes
place in various steps, during which blocks of
programming codes get executed. But due to intense
fog all around, it's hard for application to move
freely from one block of code to another. Even data
from the database is coming late,” Kohram Singh
explained.
According to the interim report by the committee,
duration between two steps while booking a ticket,
which is expected to take 2-4 seconds in normal
conditions, is taking 15 to 20 minutes currently.
The report further claims that there is possibility of
“accidents” if the codes are forced to be run
normally.
“Our codes are not that robust and even our
infrastructure, which means servers, are a bit
outdated. It is highly probable that if they execute in
a hurry, they may get derailed from execution flow
and collide with other ongoing processes,” an IRCTC
engineer told Faking News.
“It will generate some kind of error or a person may
end up booking ticket to Patna, while booking a
ticket to Patiala,” he explained.
Following the report, IRCTC has clarified that it cant
do anything and people have to put up with it just
like they put up with the fact that trains run late and
air traffic gets disrupted during this time of year.
However, they have promised to help....
stranded ticket bookers on the website. Inquiry
counters and additional helpline are being made
operational to update them about their ticket
booking status.
When asked if people could hope for any solutions in
the final report, Kohram Singh couldnt give any
definitive reply.
“See, some people suggested moving the servers to
Mumbai or Bangalore, but we know that traffic is
horrible even in those cities,” he explained the
predicament of IRCTC, “But we are trying to do
something.”
He ruled out moving the IRCTC servers to cloud,
because cloud is also a kind of fog.
