We’re excited to announce the release of 5.0.0 of the CHT Core Framework
See below for some highlights, read the release notes for full details.
5.0.0 Highlights
Reducing hosting total cost of ownership
Based on the knowledge of hosting dozens of CHT instances for over a decade, Medic found disk space to be the main cost in hosting. CHT 5.0 uses CouchDB Nouveau to enable disk savings in excess of 30% for large instances.
Faster synchronization which uses less server CPU
As national deployments scaled to over 5,000 users, the server CPU became overburdened. Upon close inspection, one of the bottlenecks was found to be CHWs requesting the list of documents needed for replication. The API handling this request has been massively improved in CHT 5.0. This means synchronizations take less time and, in turn, reduces server load. This reduction enables the same server to handle more requests with only a software upgrade, without any hardware changes.
Welcome prompt when starting a new instance for how to easily add data
Administrators logging in to the CHT for the first time reported confusion about whether the app was working. They would see an error message saying No message selected . CHT 5.0 leverages existing training cards technology to help administrators get started with adding contacts and configuring the app.
And more…
We’ve also implemented loads of other features, improvements and fixed a heap of bugs.
Please have a look at the upgrade notes before proceeding with the upgrade.