I was wondering exactly the same thing - maybe not "all" site need you to do full load-tests etc, but if you have a site that you KNOW will be subject to intense peek loads then you really should do that testing so you know your limits, then knowing the limits/capacity will allow you to deploy something like https://queue-it.com alternatively you build it so that it can scale easily (i.e. on Google app engine or similar).

*rant on*
Whats really annoying is that all the institutions (customers) and suppliers in Kenya (sorry for generalizing) seem to be hell bent on doing all the same rookie mistakes that the rest of the wold have already solved.

The same kind of "ups we can't handle the peek load" issues used to be common in Europe too, but have mostly vanished these days - IF Kenya as a nation wants to move to the forefront of IT in the region then we REALLY need to learn from the mistakes of others and avoid having to go through the same amount of development-years....
*rant-off*

..
Mike


On 3/23/15 12:01 PM, John K. via skunkworks wrote:
I wonder if any of these e-government projects ever bother to perform load tests on their sites, or even design with surge activity in mind. Surely they can at least spread out the load over other cloud providers during registration only, then suspend them until next year. Azure (and I assume amazon) both offer surge pricing for a short while that's cheaper than getting powerful servers for a whole year.

Regards,
John K.

On 23 March 2015 at 11:32, Victor Yegon via skunkworks <skunkworks@lists.my.co.ke> wrote:
Hello John,

I have been trying to register the whole of last week. The portal has been very slow so I called KNEC ony to be told that alot of schools are trying to register and that I keep trying maybe luck might be on my side. I wonder how many schools will be locked out 

On Mon, Mar 23, 2015 at 11:17 AM, Njiri John via skunkworks <skunkworks@lists.my.co.ke> wrote:
Hi Skunks

Anyone from KNEC? Can anyone load above link? how on earth are our schools supposed to register for their students  exams  online if the portal is not working. Are we ready for this digitization?

regards

Njiri John