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Re:New IBM LinuxONE 4 Express – Rack-mounted pre-configured ... by kens on Tuesday February 06, 2024 @09:12PM (#39283632)
No, eight nines is 316 milliseconds of downtime per year. 30 seconds of downtime a year is six nines. (I spent a long time working on high availability at Sun, so the numbers immediately looked wrong.)

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/High_availability#Percentage_c...

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Re:New IBM LinuxONE 4 Express – Rack-mounted pre-configured ... by gottorf on Tuesday February 06, 2024 @09:21PM (#39283695)
You're right, my mistake.
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