IRCTC will soon install five high-capacity servers, imported from Singapore, to speed up its e-ticketing operations.The initiative to import five new servers from Singapore comes close on the heels of intro duction of two new high-speed servers by IRCTC to Passenger Reservation System earlier in June, which has doubled the peak-time efficiency for booking Tatkal tickets at the railways’ ticketing website.
With five more servers, the number of concurrent users is expected to go up from the existing 180,000 to 300,000 while the existing capacity to book around 15,000 tickets per minute will go up considerably.
IRCTC is also planning to increase its network bandwidth from the existing 1.4 GB to 1.7 GB in order to enhance the performance of e-ticketing operations.The average daily sale of train tickets through the portal was around 5.5 to 6 lakh.
It has registered a record 14,800 tickets per minute.