| It is a matter of fact that, users usually inquire about | | | | minutes |
| server uptime while searching for hosting providers, | | | | 99.9% server uptime |
| like for instance, some offer 99.8%, some 99%, and | | | | Up = 364.635 days |
| some even 99.99% server uptime guarantee. | | | | Down = 0.365 days, equalizing 8.76 hours and 525.6 |
| However, 99% server uptime looks very nice if it is | | | | minutes |
| really be, but actual meaning is quite different. | | | | 99.8% server uptime |
| In the real sense, 99% server uptime represents | | | | Up = 364.27 days |
| that during the duration of 365 days (i.e. 1year) user's | | | | Down = 0.73 days equalizing 17.52 hours and 1051.2 |
| server will remain up 99% of the time, i.e.361.35 days | | | | minutes |
| (365 days multiply by 99 percent). This is not actually | | | | 99% server uptime |
| good in real sense. As even after possessing 99% | | | | Up = 361.35 days |
| server uptime user's site may be down for 4 crucial | | | | Down = 3.65 days equalizing 87.6 hours and 5256 |
| days. If a user owes an online store and a downtime | | | | minutes |
| for an hour, one can easily predict what can happen. | | | | The user can even measure the server response |
| The user on one hand loose the income on the other | | | | time and hops required to reach server through |
| customers will go into the pockets of competitors. | | | | various tools like ping and trace route. |
| Given below are the few server uptimes examples | | | | When the user goes for a cheap hosting plan, at the |
| along with calculations displaying the real face of | | | | starting phase it may look a fair deal after getting a |
| these percentages? | | | | lump of disk space and attractive server features but |
| 100% server uptime | | | | things are quite different when it comes to server |
| Up = 1 year | | | | uptime, as user needs to pay fairly high amount. |
| Down = nil (not even for single minute) | | | | When the user is in the beginning stage of having |
| 99.999% server uptime | | | | own website, then a lower server uptime for e.g. |
| Up = 364.9964 days | | | | 99% may not bother him/her too much. But, with |
| Down = 0.0036 days, equalizing 0.0876 hours and | | | | the increasing number of visitors with the passage of |
| 5.256 minutes | | | | time, it is recommendable to deal with the host |
| 99.99% server uptime | | | | providing maximum server uptime like for e.g. |
| Up = 364.9635 days | | | | 99.999%. |
| Down = 0.0365 days, equalizing 0.876 hours and 52.56 | | | | |