On Thu, Jun 10, 2010 at 02:13, Yasir Shoaib <[email protected]> wrote:
> I am trying to load test an application on localhost. Just wondering > about the following: > 1. Since the test is on localhost I guess any API key would work. In > Did I hear "API key"? Did you mean "V2 API"? ;-) case of load testing more hits on the google maps will need a "high > traffic site" request be made from the "contact us" link here: > http://code.google.com/apis/maps/faq.html#hightrafficsite > > Which "website" should be filled in for the "high traffic site" > request page? > I believe this is intended for very popular sites that expect to generate a maintained high volume of Maps API requests, i.e. a real-state site showing maps in all pages for properties in a very populated area (i.e. San Francisco Bay Area). The same kind of site aiming a smaller population would probably not be a high traffic site. In any case, I don't think this applies to a site that will generate *spikes* of traffic. 2. I have seen some msgs about the load testing here. If there is > someone who has tried load testing with Google Maps could you please > let me know if there are things that should be looked into, or any > hints before proceeding? > My hint is: load test *your* application, not the Google Maps API ;-) If you send lots of requests to your servers, that's fine and good to load-test your site. But if you generate a sudden spike of requests to Google, that may be captured as an attack and your site or network may be blocked out temporarily. You don't want to do that. Depending on how are you going to load-test your site, you could just remove the Maps API bootstrap (comment out the <script src=" http://maps.google.com/..."; line) and see how your servers handle requests to them. The difference would be that clients would not generate requests to Google, which you don't need to load test anyway, do you? If you are certain that load-testing your site will not generate requests to Google, then you may be safe just firing away requests to your site. Thanks. > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "Google Maps JavaScript API v3" group. > To post to this group, send email to > [email protected]. > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > [email protected]<google-maps-js-api-v3%[email protected]> > . > For more options, visit this group at > http://groups.google.com/group/google-maps-js-api-v3?hl=en. > > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Google Maps JavaScript API v3" 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-maps-js-api-v3?hl=en.
