Author: Vikas Hazrati

What Does 99.99% Availability Mean?

Reading Time: 2 minutes Availability is defined by uptime. I.e. the time between failures. It is dependent upon Downtime and Recovery Time Downtime is the amount of time that the system is unavailable due to either failures or scheduled maintenance. Recovery time is the average time it takes to recover from failures. This includes time for detection, isolation and resolution. Hence to have high availability, you must have low Continue Reading