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  1. #1
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    99.5% Uptime Guarantee

    What does it really mean... I just jumped onto a new host it was up all yesterday i check now and its down... checked email no notification of downtime.
    Last edited by deathlord; 07-25-2002 at 09:53 PM.
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    And where do they come up with these numbers?

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    Someone calculated some numbers quite a while ago, and came up with the following uptime percentage vs downtime allowed table:

    99.9% = 16.8 minutes
    99.5% = 3 hours, 24 minutes
    99.1% = 6 hours, 31.2 minutes
    98.9% = 7 hours, 4.8 minutes
    98.5% = 10 hours, 12 minutes

    Lats...

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    thanks lat's. Just to say i dont mind downtime everyone has to go down for one reason or another every once in a while. I would just like to be informed considering im a paying customer.
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    For sure.

    Perhaps you could suggest to your host to setup an info page offsite, just to let customers know what's going on in cases of downtime.


    Lats...
    Lats...

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    Originally posted by clio
    And where do they come up with these numbers?
    Here's an excellent article on this very subject:

    http://www.codesta.com/knowledge/man...ties/index.jsp


    -Bob

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    thanks for the article tmx im reading it now checking to see if my site plans on coming back.... been about 45 min now that i know of.
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    Well funny that this has been mentioned. I offer only 99.73 on a monthly basis. that's the best I can do. I have redundancy within the system but you can not get past 99.73 unless you run three server cluster.

    I don't know how some of these guys can offer 99.90, I did the numbers once and that would mean that they are running 5 or 6 server clusters or ( which I think ) they are talking about on a yearly basis.

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    yeah it does get intrusting.. also very annoying... i wouldnt be comaplaining if i was notified... they could go down for 48 hrs i wouldnt mind as long as its not for a stupid reason.
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    deathlord: are you hosted with us? We were in the process of compiling a more stable Linux kernel on the server I believe you're on -- ran in to some complications. Everything's running smoothly now. If you ever have any concerns about downtime or anything else, please feel free to contact me directly at jay@frontdrive.com
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    yeah jay the site i was complaining about was under you im glad you browse the forums. I sent in a ticket on the help desk. Thanks everything is back up and smooth.
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