Extensive maintenance work on April 13, 2024

21.03.2024

The securPharm system has been in use for over five years and processes more than 12 million transactions a day continuously, quickly and reliably. To ensure this continues in the future, the system will be serviced on April 13, 2024 from 8 p.m. for approx. 20 hours and a new future-proof database model will be rolled out. During this period, the securPharm system will not be available, as the database may not be changed by new transactions for the duration of this measure. In this time, the verifying entities (pharmacies, wholesalers, etc.) receive the feedback SP-901, which indicates to their software that the securPharm system cannot currently be used. In this case, the usual recommendations for action apply (e.g. from ABDA, FAQ question 3.39).

What are the reasons for the high demands on the database? For each transaction, at least one pack data record is searched for in the system, identified and, if necessary, its status is changed – all this usually takes less than 35 milliseconds for End Users. As every transaction is stored in the system, the database is huge, with more than five billion serial numbers.