We did a soft launch of the new map site today. http://interactivemap.ucsc.edu We timed it to help visiting families and the spring rush. I've written some other articles about this project if you'd like to get more info.
jmeter-ubuntu-and-drupal-setting-load-testing
In the past week, I've been running a number of load tests using jmeter to get a sense of throughput and performance. I'll post those stats as I have time. I've developed a test to look at 100 concurrent users stepping over 10 pages 100 times. Our error rate is down below %0.03 so I think our hardware and software configurations appear solid. There's probably more to do on tuning at the database side, but we'll observe for a few weeks and do some tuning.
Future phases of work will include:
- integrating data from the "old" map site
- refining the UI colors for data overlays
- adding additional common searches or informational pages
- mobile theming
- mobile interaction
Credits
- This work is based on examples created by Development Seed.