If the 3rd party js server is down, it hangs the site

[AjiNIMC]

Hi,

I am developing a js based application for other sites (like website counter) where the js runs from my server. Now the problem is that if my server goes down or become slow it effects all the other syndicated sites.

Is there a way out?

Let me put it in other words,
My Server is xyz.com
I provided a script xyz.com/script.js to 123.com. Now if 123.com is putting this code inside one of its pages say index.html. Now index.html of 123.com has code which says script src="xyz.com/script.js".

Now if xyz.com is not responding it is hanging 123.com as well. Is there a way out?

Thanks,
AjiNIMC

[sands]

Is there a way out?

Sure! Go for another server. Your server has no business to go slow or not respond or whatever. If it does, it is not worth keeping, especially if that application is of any importance.

If for some reason you do not wish to change servers, then maybe you could just load the .js file on to another more reliable server and add 2 .js links that call the code to each page, each pointing to the same .js file but on different servers. So if one does not load, hopefully the other would. Should work unless there is something in the code that would not make this feasible.

[AjiNIMC]

Thanks for the reply.

Your server has no business to go slow or not respond or whatever.

All we can do is be 100% perfect but then still God plays a role :). I am trying to be safe as because of our code others server should never hang even for a sec.

Regards
Aji