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Secret Service Runs At "Six Sixes" Availability

Posted by timothy on from the only-need-half-as-many dept.

PCM2 writes "ABC News is reporting that the US Secret Service is in dire need of server upgrades. 'Currently, 42 mission-oriented applications run on a 1980s IBM mainframe with a 68 percent performance reliability rating,' says one leaked memo. That finding was the result of an NSA study commissioned by the Secret Service to evaluate the severity of their computer problems. Curiously, upgrades to the Service's computers are being championed by Senator Joe Lieberman of Connecticut, who says he's had 'concern for a while' about the issue."

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  1. Upgrade... by ak_hepcat · · Score: 5, Funny

    To windows, and get 73% uptime!

    Or.. that other OS that you don't have to license per seat, and get in the solid 90+% uptime.

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  2. Re:Two Satans by kitezh · · Score: 5, Funny

    Can you convert that into a more familiar unit, like Library of Congresses?

    You know the Library of Congresses is a pretty reliable machine. Does anybody know what its downtime is?

    The downtime for the Library of Congress is 4:30 pm - 8:30 am, Monday - Friday, and all day Sunday. That translates into an uptime of about 28.6%. If you take the Secret Service 68% as uptime, then it would be 2.4 Library of Congresses.