August 27 - September 2

Accomplished tasks

UT mobile

• attempting to determine inefficiencies with WURFL
  • reviewed system call traces and PHP logs
  • isolate the problem via JMeter tests:
    • with 5, 8 and 10 concurrent threads using a non-NFS file system caching strategy – these tests showed that NFS file locking is not the problem
    • with 10 concurrent threads NOT using WURFL – aside from a few pages with RSS feeds, this test showed that WURFL is indeed the cause of extremely slow page loads
  • I am in the process of creating an x86 environment to test the m4mobile site with the Alternative PHP Cache (APC) library
• multiple meetings: Mic, Glenda, Lewis

University Wiki Service

• migrated wiki space for CTL (from DIIA)
  • research related to changing space names and keys
  • testing and experimentation on test server
• waiting to hear back from the ISO regarding cross-site request forgery on Confluence 3.3.1
• user support, correspondence

UTForge

• user support, correspondence

JIRA

• user support, correspondence

College of Education PDS

• migrated PDS production application to centralized ITS MySQL db

UT printing

• correspondence with David Anthony regarding PC packages

Miscellaneous

• assisted Michael with Apache rewrite module issues
• Apps hosting sub-team meeting
• wrote this

Upcoming tasks

University Wiki Service

• schedule a maintenance window for production upgrade to Confluence version 3.3.1
  • discuss with ISO cross-site request forgery on 3.3.1
• discuss with Tom setting up a multi-node cluster that utilizes Systems' load balancer for future growth of UWS

UTForge

• write script(s) that will upgrade all of the repositories to 1.6.x standards
• fully test 1.6.12 functionality in production environment

JIRA

• renew SSL certificate by 09/23/2010
• estimate hours for SIS contract

ECO experiments

• work with Jason on bid for re-architecture of Dr. Stahl's applications

UT mobile

• continue troubleshooting caching issues