Requirement for down time?
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Hi, I usually reads a lot of documents specifying up time on applications but this was a new on for me. In an ongoing project they have specified that the application, when finished, should have at least 99.95% down time. Makes me question why they are doing the project... ;)
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Hi, I usually reads a lot of documents specifying up time on applications but this was a new on for me. In an ongoing project they have specified that the application, when finished, should have at least 99.95% down time. Makes me question why they are doing the project... ;)
Marcus_2 wrote:
Hi, I usually reads a lot of documents specifying up time on applications but this was a new on for me. In an ongoing project they have specified that the application, when finished, should have at least 99.95% down time.
Makes me question why they are doing the project... ;)This requirement is common in financial industry, service web sites, etc. But you don't usually agree on software but on service (SLA). 99.95% availability means you can be down 1.5 days per year. That's a lot of hours. Imagine Facebook doing that ( or Apollo 11 :~ ). If your company took the assignment it means they are either pretty sure of their capabilities or ... :suss:
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Marcus_2 wrote:
Hi, I usually reads a lot of documents specifying up time on applications but this was a new on for me. In an ongoing project they have specified that the application, when finished, should have at least 99.95% down time.
Makes me question why they are doing the project... ;)This requirement is common in financial industry, service web sites, etc. But you don't usually agree on software but on service (SLA). 99.95% availability means you can be down 1.5 days per year. That's a lot of hours. Imagine Facebook doing that ( or Apollo 11 :~ ). If your company took the assignment it means they are either pretty sure of their capabilities or ... :suss:
99.95% availability does, yes. He is talking about 99.95% down time!
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Hi, I usually reads a lot of documents specifying up time on applications but this was a new on for me. In an ongoing project they have specified that the application, when finished, should have at least 99.95% down time. Makes me question why they are doing the project... ;)
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99.95% availability does, yes. He is talking about 99.95% down time!
OriginalGriff wrote:
He is talking about 99.95% down time!
Got me there. :doh: Lawyers.
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OriginalGriff wrote:
He is talking about 99.95% down time!
Got me there. :doh: Lawyers.
Tomaž Štih wrote:
Lawyers.
Mind your language sir! A chap could take offence at being called one of those...
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Tomaž Štih wrote:
Lawyers.
Mind your language sir! A chap could take offence at being called one of those...
Sheep *lover*? Is that okay?
speramus in juniperus
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Sheep *lover*? Is that okay?
speramus in juniperus
Better than "lawyer" *ack!* *spit!*
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Write it in VB?
Language in the lounge! :)
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That was funny :-D
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