Blackboard Backend Design

UofT completely redesigned its Blackboard back-end infrastructure last summer. Problem diagnosis was the primary goal. Since many production issues could not be replicated in our Quality Assurance (QA) environment, it became necessary to treat the entire production platform as a live experiment. Careful physical installation, a ground-breaking design, and comprehensive system instrumentation of every component exposed areas of concern for investigation. Cabling and labeling matter. Learn why.