Subject: re : power port calc issues
john ,
as of wednesday , we have a resource from sun microsystems that is helping us
isolate the problems we ' re having with the unix operating system and our
code . this resource has requested that we bring on an additional application
specialist from sun . this has been authorized and the additional resource is
scheduled to be on site next week . i also have my resources and the unix
administrators working along side the sun resources .
as an aside , we are also experiencing performance problems with the gas side
of the business . i met with sally beck ' s controllers yesterday and we are
putting a plan in place . the increased trading volumes have seriously
impacted our through put and we now have a ' blitz ' on to correct the issues .
these problems have not gone unnoticed . i assure you that it has been very
diligent in following through on these problems . we ' re investing heavily in
additional hardware , bringing in contractors and hiring additional resources
at an average of 5 - 8 per week . i will keep you posted as we continue to
enhance our existing systems .
beth
john j lavorato @ enron
07 / 06 / 2000 07 : 46 pm
to : beth perlman / hou / ect @ ect , david w delainey / hou / ect @ ect
cc :
subject : power port calc issues
beth
please respond with a plan to solve these problems .
thanks john
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from : kevin m presto @ ect 07 / 05 / 2000 07 : 39 pm
to : john lavorato
cc : david w delainey / hou / ect @ ect , kristin albrecht / hou / ect @ ect , beth
perlman / hou / ect @ ect
subject : power port calc issues
guys ,
this enpower calc issue is a joke . how can we be the most innovative
company in the world and cannot fix a risk book calculation problem .
furthermore , how can we effectively grow our volumes and complexity of our
power transactions when our back office ( risk books , position management ,
settlements ) is so unreliable from an it standpoint .
in addition , we will start losing all of our key people in this area because
they are here until 8 : 30 - 9 : 00 every night and 4 : 00 pm on " holidays " . this
whole issue is a significant business risk for enron and needs to be dealt
with accordingly .
please advise . thank you .
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enron north america corp .
from : kristin albrecht 07 / 05 / 2000 11 : 30 am
to : beth perlman / hou / ect @ ect , randy matson / corp / enron @ enron , jarod
jenson / hou / ect @ ect , christine nguyen / hou / ect @ ect , zhiyong wei / hou / ect @ ect ,
ravi ramachandran / hou / ect @ ect , stacey w white / hou / ect @ ect , jenny
latham / hou / ect @ ect , jenny rub / gpgfin / enron @ enron
cc : sally beck / hou / ect @ ect , kevin m presto / hou / ect @ ect , tim
belden / hou / ect @ ect
subject : power port calc issues
the power risk group continues to experience severe instability with the
power port calc . the same memory allocation issue which i discussed in the
message below is not resolved ( we have had this problem for about four months
now ) . due to business reasons , we calculated the east power books on monday
( enron holiday ) . we received all of the required data to calc by 9 : 30 am and
should have been completely done by 11 : 30 . however , the calc crashed six
times and finally completed on the seventh try . we were able to leave by
4 : 00 . the point i am trying to make is that i feel that we are at such a
state that there is risk that we could not provide positions to the traders
by the start of the next business day . this could have a financial impact on
our company . once again , i am urgently and desperately asking for resolution
of this problem .
furthermore , it came to my attention on friday that ees is now using enpower
and the power port calc and they too are using the same server that we are .
i question this decision since we cannot seem to support the existing
business that is using that server . per discussion with kevin presto , the
agreement made regarding ees ' s use of enpower was there would be no expense
or degradation to ena ' s business process . i think they need to move to
another server .
please call to discuss when this will be resolved . thank you .
kristin albrecht
3 - 4763
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enron north america corp .
from : kristin albrecht 05 / 15 / 2000 09 : 48 am
to : beth perlman / hou / ect @ ect , randy matson / corp / enron @ enron , jarod
jenson / hou / ect @ ect , christine nguyen / hou / ect @ ect , zhiyong wei / hou / ect @ ect ,
ravi ramachandran / hou / ect @ ect , stacey w white / hou / ect @ ect , jenny
latham / hou / ect @ ect
cc :
subject : athena vs quark
with regards to the message below , we must have athena ( server ) to run our
nightly risk books for the power group . we run one of our three east power
calcs on this machine ( the second largest one ) . since an acceptable solution
for the big power calc has not been provided to us , athena cannot be taken
away from us . the east power calc crashed 3 out of 5 days last week . we
usually start calcing at about 4 : 00 . the calc time is now running at 1 . 5
hours and we have about 1 . 5 hours ' worth of work after the calc ' s successful
completion . so you do the math on what time my group leaves the building
when the calc crashes at 4 : 30 .
furthermore , the west power calc has crashed 3 out of 5 nights weekly for the
last 3 weeks . this is not acceptable .
we are about to enter the busiest and most volatile time of the year and our
system is not stable . i feel like we have been very patient at the expense
of many late nights . i am going to speak to kevin presto and tim belden
today about these problems .
i think we need to meet immediately about this problem and i am exhausted
with the finger pointing between different it groups .
thanks .
kristin albrecht
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christine nguyen
05 / 12 / 2000 01 : 01 pm
to : ravi ramachandran / hou / ect @ ect
cc : randy matson / corp / enron @ enron
subject : athena vs quark
ravi ,
please advise your users that athena will be completely unavailable
starting
wednesdayl 7 may 2000 . the production server is quark ( 12 gb ramxl 8 procs ) .
quark is configured to our standard for your use .
thanks ,
- christine