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Uptime Realities in the Internet World

Posted by ryuzaki0 on from the promises-lies-hopes-and-dreams dept.

schnurble writes: "My former boss has written an interesting article on the realities of uptime in the Internet World. It poses the idea that four and five nines of reliability are too expensive to be realistic, especially in the post dot-bomb economy. It's an interesting read, especially if you answer to an 800lb gorilla for outages and uptime issues."

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  1. Tasteless: Uptime in a terrorist-infested world by PsiPsiStar · · Score: 0, Flamebait

    Even buildings don't have 100% 'uptime' anymore. Considering how it crashed, the WTC must have been running windows. It had them all over the place.

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