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Why some DVLA digital services don't work at night

(dafyddvaughan.uk)
124 points edent | 2 comments | 12 Jan 25 20:20 UTC | HN request time: 0s | source
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abigail95 ◴[16 Jan 25 15:43 UTC] No.42726784[source]▶
Something is missing here, why do batch jobs take 13 hours? If this thing was started on an old mainframe why isn't the downtime just 5 minutes at 3:39 AM?

Exactly how much data is getting processed?

Edit: Why does rebuilding take a decade or more? This is not a complex system. It doesn't need to solve any novel engineering challenges to operate efficiently. Article does not give much insight into why this particular task couldn't be fixed in 3 months.

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that_guy_iain ◴[16 Jan 25 16:03 UTC] No.42727097[source]▶
> Edit: Why does rebuilding take a decade or more? This is not a complex system. It doesn't need to solve any novel engineering challenges to operate efficiently. Article does not give much insight into why this particular task couldn't be fixed in 3 months.

You do know the UK government has been cutting all their budgets to the bone for about 10 years? That means everywhere is pretty much understaffed.

And how do you know it's not a complex system? I would think that a system like that would be somewhat complex. It's not just driving licenses but a whole bunch of other things that are handled by the DVLA.

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1. nxobject ◴[17 Jan 25 02:06 UTC] No.42733299[source]▶
I think it's "local councils, yes cut to the bone; Whitehall and its satellites, no". Similarly, Whitehall ended out the Thatcher and Major ministries with more regulators for privatized industries, more centralized decision-making, and a larger bureaucracy than ever.
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2. youngtaff ◴[17 Jan 25 08:46 UTC] No.42735371[source]▶
Central government departments have been cut too… the staff needed for the Brexit disaster disguise this