Re: Real reason for Oracle/Orbitz problem?

Hi Daniel Morgan, thanks for writing this:
> rkusenet wrote:
>
> > "arabin" <arabin_at_cecity.com> wrote
> >
> > > Does anyone know what the problem was?
> >
> > I work in the travel industry, so I am naturally interested.
> >
> > From what I know, Orbitz uses only Oracle DB and not other
> > stuff. Their search engine is totally memory based. In any
> > travel industry site like Orbitz where there are million hits
> > for searches, efficiency has to come from non database source
> > because a database based search can be an impediment when it
> > comes to scalability. So what Orbitz has done is to use a
> > layer to map search data (stored in Oracle) into memory
> > (C programs) and use LISP to do the actual searches.
> > I think for other task, like booking a ticket and storing
> > an intinerary they must be using Oracle.
> >
> > rk-
>
> But, of course, between the end-users and the database there are several
> tiers that could be running Java, Perl, C, web servers, app servers, and
> who knows what else: Even cracker attacks.
>
> Patience is called for. Eventually we will know what happened.
>
> And when we do the important thing will be to learn from the experience.
> Microsoft had a huge security hole exposed today that affects all of
> their O/S offerings. I don't see panic in the streets on that and it
> affects every Windows machine on the planet.
>
> Everyone should just take a deep breath and get back to their own issues
> for now.
> --
> Daniel Morgan
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>

And of course, if you do a Google search for "orbitz" you'll find a cached page the Google bots found yesterday (7/16) that says "our web site is down for 'routine maintenance' and should be back by..." This whole thing sounds like a typical knee-jerk response by "news" sites, posting "the truth" before they find "the facts."

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