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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. Customers want it, but don't understand it by derekb · · Score: 5, Insightful


    How many engineers out there have heard the marketing / sales 'it has to be always available' and priced out an infrastructure accordingly.

    Even recently I'm working with a customer who wants a compromise between price and availability - but it still needs five nine's

    Availability is infrastructure plus process. You need to have the supporting process to go along with the hardware - maintenance schedules, change management (well FCAPS in general), etc. It's not just a big box.