I'm with António. As long as you implement a retry and caching system, you should be covered. Google is as susceptible to glitches like everyone else, but they surely have a staggering system set up to ensure uptime under all but the most catastrophic conditions. And if you'll only be needing a limited set of charts, you could protect yourself from hypothetical Google downtime even further by just generating all of those charts, storing them on your server, and not making any on-the-fly calls to Google at all.
On Sep 24, 10:19 am, António Eduardo Mendes Vasconcelos [CE] (SSI) <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > So far I only had problems related to my access infrastructure (ISA server + > websense), I had to implement a retry & cache system in order to be able to > get all the graphs. > Other than that, google had been working 100% of the time. > > António Vasconcelos > SSI - ASD - Adm. Sistemas Unix > Caixa Geral de Dépósitos - Av João XXI, piso 7 > Extensão: 55 67 81 > > > -----Original Message----- > > From: [email protected] > > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of sharma > > Sent: quarta-feira, 24 de Setembro de 2008 13:34 > > To: Google Chart API > > Subject: Google Chart API | DownTime Enquiry Clarifications > > > Hi All, > > > I am Sunil, at the outset of this email I must say thanks to > > you all for being member of such an outstanding service. > > > I am a web application developer like you all, I have a > > requirement in my application to make use of 3D pie charts > > and for the same I found that > >http://code.google.com/apis/chart/services are ultimate > > answer to all my requirements. > > > However before I start making use of this service in > > enterprise application, I wanted to be sure regarding > > downtime of this service. > > > My queries are: > > > 1) Should I expect a downtime/non-availability of this > > service because of any Technical reasons? > > 2) Should I expect a downtime/non-availability of this > > service because of any non-Technical reasons (You can assume > > that I am a bonafide user)? > > 3) Has there been any instance reported in the past for non- > > availability of this service? > > 4) With all respect to Google's impeccable expertise and > > their modus- operandi What if I say there is some risk > > involved in being dependent on Google link because services > > might not be available 24*7, am I mistaken there if I say so? > > > Please provide your inputs regarding downtime so that I can > > address my apprehensions based on your inputs and decide > > accordingly if I should use these services. > > > I hope you all understand that these are generic decision > > making queries and should not be taken as offensive in nature. > > > Thank You. > > > > > > > smime.p7s > 6KViewDownload --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Google Chart API" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/google-chart-api?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
