[OT] 2.6 kernel
Mike Whitaker
mike at altrion.org
Thu Oct 28 19:16:23 UTC 2004
> So with the big multinationals, we have multiple linux dns servers,
> multiple linux mail gateways, etc, all with several hundred day
> uptimes - in either case, a single system is 99% likely to suffice,
> but the bigger companies demand most of that last 1% as well.
And the rest. Ballpark order of magnitude figures:
99% uptime = 1 hour every 4 days, or a minute every hour and a half
99.9% uptime = 1 hour every month, or two minutes a day.
99.99% uptime = 1 hour a year, or a minute a week.
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