What is missingpersons.or.th?

Tsunami hit Thailand’s southern coastlines on morning of December 26, 2004. The missingpersons.or.th web site is created to serve those who are in need to advertise for the missing of their loved ones via internet.This web site is fully supported by the Thai Red Cross Society and NECTEC/NSTDA/MOST

Event-date references

Tsunami hits –Dec. 26

Start developing the system – Dec. 28, using the system -

Dec. 30

December 2004 January 2005

No longer serve new registration –

Feb. 14 Cooperate with CIFS in

matching process

February 2005

Timeline

Missingpersons.or.thThai Red Cross + NECTEC/NSTDA/MOST

สํานักงานจังหวดัภเูก็ต(www.phuketitcity.com)

กรมปองกันและบรรเทาสาธารณภัยกระทรวงมหาดไทย

ศูนยนเรนทรกระทรวงสาธารณสขุ

ศูนยชวยเหลือผูประสบภัยมหาวทิยาลัยธรรมศาสตร

www.thaitsunami.comICT

สถาบันนิตวิทิยาศาสตรกระทรวงยุตธิรรม

กองพสิูจนหลักฐาน สํานักงานตาํรวจแหงชาติ

สถติิการเขาชมเว็บไซต (Truehits)

16,670

33,416

281,672

35,945

Unique IP

308,091

604,265

3,746,628

280,744

Page View(pages)

มนีาคม 2548

กุมภาพันธ 2548

มกราคม 2548

ธันวาคม 2547

เดือน/ป

1st Server for missingpersons.or.th

Server Specification

• Pentium3 1.4G (Dual)

• 2GBytes of RAM

• 10/100 LAN card

• SCSI disk storage 18 GB + 660 GB with RAID5 controller card

Software

FedoraCore 2 Linux

Apache Web Server (2.0.52) (Build in)

MySQL Server (3.23) (Build in)

phpMyAdmin, ssh

Problems with the 1st Server

Main memory was used almost 100%

Solution: add 2 more GB RAM handle double number of transactions.

Problems with the 1st Server

Main memory was still used almost 100 %.

Solution: adjust configuration of Apache #vi /etc/httpd/conf/httpd.confMaxClients was set to be 256 (maximum).

Problems with the 1st Server

One day had passed, number of accesses increased exponentially.

2nd Servers for missingpersons.or.th

Specification of new web server

• Intel XEON 3.06G (Dual)

• 5GBytes of RAM

• Two 10/100 LANcards

• SCSI disk storage 105 GB with RAID5 controller card

Software

FedoraCore 3 Linux

Apache Web Server (2.0.52) (Build in)

phpMyAdmin, ssh

Memory usage was better.

Also, memory usage of buffer machine was also better.

Performances (1)

Performances (2)

Number of hits increased a lot.

Tools

OS: FedoraCore 3 LinuxWeb Server: Apache version 2.0.52Programming: PHP version 4.3.10Database: MySQL

Main Page: Menus & Statistics

Main Page: Menus & Statistics

Missing Persons Page: Search & View

Missing Persons Page: Picture Gallery

Missing Persons Page: Registration (1)

Missing Persons Page: Registration (2)

Missing Persons Page: Found

Missing Persons Page: Add More Information

Survivors, Injured, Deceased

Survivors Database page

Injured Database page

Deceased Database page

Missingpersons’s Data

-

-

-

656

จํานวนที่ทราบสถานะ

474

1,618

18,362

4,702

จํานวนที่ลงทะเบียน

(คน)

ผูรอดชีวิต

ผูเสียชีวิต

ผูบาดเจ็บ

ผูสูญหาย

ประเภทขอมูล

ReferencesRegistration for Missing Persons from Tsunami in Thailand http://missingpersons.or.th/

Tsunami Relief Information http://www.inet.co.th/tsunami/

Thai Web Statistics Center http://Truehits.net/

Multi-Processing Modules (MPMs) ; http://httpd.apache.org/docs-2.0/mpm.html

Apache 2.0 Documentation ; http://httpd.apache.org/docs-2.0/

MySQL Reference Manual ; http://dev.mysql.com/doc/mysql/en/index.html

AcknowledgementThis website is supported by

the Thai Red Cross, Phuket Province,

SIPA - Phuket IT City Project,

Department of Disaster Prevention and Mitigation, Narenthorn Center, Thammasat University,

Hydro and Agro-informaticInstitute,

Government IT Services, AX4A BV-The Netherlands, Thai Webmaster Association, Internet Thailand PCL, Manager Online, TH-NIC Company Ltd.,

National Science and Technology Development Agency, Ministry of Science and Technology.

Project ManagerNational Electronics and Computer Technology Center (NECTEC), National Science and Technology Development Agency, Ministry of Science and Technology.

112 Thailand Science Park, Pahon Yothinroad, Klong 1, Klong Laung, Pathumthani12120, THAILAND.Tel. +662-564-6900 Fax. +662-564-6772 eMail: tsunami@nectec.or.th