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<DIV>I have been in conversations with the NCEP over the past couple of weeks regarding this occasional situation. They have indicated that nomads servers 1/3, 2 and 5 are not operational yet. In that regard they have been doing periodic load testing to certify it and are working to resolve bugs as they are discovered. This testing in turn creates an inability for external users to get full use of the system. I believe the last few weeks they've been focusing on nomad1/3, and now it's nomad2's turn. The servers apparently are quite capable, we just need to be patient so they can finish their tests. </DIV>
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<DIV class=signature id=signature>--<BR>Thanks, <BR>Mark</DIV>
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<BLOCKQUOTE style="PADDING-LEFT: 5px; MARGIN-LEFT: 5px; BORDER-LEFT: #1010ff 2px solid">-------------- Original message -------------- <BR><BR>> We've got a major snowstorm hammering the <BR>> midwest/midatlantic/northeast US and demand for weather information is <BR>> saturating our web and GDS servers. I'm sure that NCEP is dealing with <BR>> similar demand for information but multiplied by a large factor. Same <BR>> thing happened during hurricane season at the end of the summer... <BR>> <BR>> Jennifer <BR>> <BR>> <BR>> On Jan 22, 2005, at 8:34 AM, Mandelli Alessandro wrote: <BR>> <BR>> <BR>> <EXCERPT>I noticed that all nomad gds servers and recently cola as <BR>> well are <BR>> <BR>> experiencing downtimes and frequent glitches. <BR>> <BR>> I was wondering whether this has something to do with the AVN/MRF/GFS <BR>> <BR>> name transition or, if this is not the case, their reliability is <BR>> <BR>> expected
to improve in the next future. <BR>> <BR>> <BR>> Cheers <BR>> <BR>> <BR>> <BR>> </EXCERPT><FONTFAMILY><PARAM>Helvetica</PARAM>-- <BR>> <BR>> Jennifer M. Adams <BR>> <BR>> IGES/COLA <BR>> <BR>> 4041 Powder Mill Rd., Suite 302 <BR>> <BR>> Calverton, MD 20705 <BR>> <BR>> jma@cola.iges.org <BR>> <BR>> </FONTFAMILY><BR>> </BLOCKQUOTE></body></html>