Availability · Estimate

A service promises 99.9% availability. How much downtime does that allow in a 30-day month?

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Answer

About 43 minutes per month. In review, anything from 28.7 to 64.5 counts as right.

The worked estimate

30 days × 24 h × 60 min = 43,200 minutes. 0.1% of that is 43.2 minutes. For reference: 99.99% allows about 4.3 minutes a month, 99% about 7.2 hours.

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