How to Calculate Uptime?

You can calculate your network uptime with some simple math:
  1. 24 hours per day x 365 days per year = 8,760 hours per year.
  2. Number of hours your network is up and running per year รท 8,760 hours per year x 100 = Yearly uptime percentage.

What does 99% SLA mean?

If your business uses a service with a 99% uptime guarantee that means you should expect: 14 minutes, 24 seconds of downtime every day; 1 hour, 40 minutes and 48 seconds of downtime every week; 6 hours, 43 minutes and 12 seconds of downtime every month and.

What is uptime rate?

Uptime is the amount of time that a service is available and operational. Uptime is generally the most important metric for a website, online service or web based provider and is expressed as a percentage such as '99.9%'. For example a 99.9% uptime equates to 43 minutes and 50 seconds of downtime.

Marcus Vance

Marcus Vance

Cybersecurity & Digital Privacy Researcher

Marcus Vance is a cybersecurity auditor and technology writer dedicated to educating the public about online safety, data privacy regulations, enterprise security, and emerging cyber threats.