Testing Environment (AT07) Guidelines

As a result of Agencies transitioning to Adobe our testing environment (AT07) is being stressed. For those of you testing actively you have noticed slow processing times. This weekend we are taking AT07 offline to create a larger database file size and to move the database from its current location on the server to the Storage Area Network. This will make AT07 more robust so it can handle the load, but we do not anticipate increased processing times.

As the Research and Related (R&R) forms are released into AT07 next week for testing we would like to request the following parameters for testing to reduce the load on the testing environment:

Monday – Friday
· Agency only testing from 9:00 a.m. – 4:00 p.m. EDT
· Applicant only testing from 4:01 p.m. – 8:59 a.m. EDT

We would request that you adhere to these timelines for the foreseeable future. Once the load on the system subsides we will notify you of a change to these guidelines. We have identified future plans for the testing environment to enhance performance. Part of this plan is to take portions of the existing PureEdge system and place them into AT07. We cannot execute these plans until all agencies are in Adobe.

We appreciate your consideration to the above testing timelines, all parties should benefit from adherence to these times. If you have any questions please contact the Grants.gov PMO staff.

Regards,
Grants.gov PMO