QUALITY & STANDARDS

SLA & Uptime Calculator

Instantly calculate how much downtime is permitted in the real world based on the Availability percentage promised in your Service Level Agreement (SLA).

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What are SLA and "The Nines"?

SLA (Service Level Agreement) is the uptime guarantee provided by a service provider. In IT, these are often referred to as "Nines". "Five Nines" (99.999%) means the system can only be down for about 5 minutes per year, which is the military/financial standard.

What does 99.9% Uptime mean?

The hosting industry standard is 99.9%. This means your server or website can be down for a maximum of **43 minutes** in a month (including maintenance) before the SLA is breached.

Is maintenance included?

This depends entirely on your contract. Usually, "Scheduled Maintenance" is excluded from SLA calculations. However, in "High Availability" (HA) systems, downtime is unacceptable even for maintenance.

Uptime FAQ

Is 100% Uptime possible?
Theoretically yes, practically no. Even giants like Facebook or Google cannot achieve true 100%. Usually, 99.999% (5 minutes downtime/year) is the ultimate goal.
What happens if SLA is breached?
In enterprise contracts, if uptime falls below the guaranteed SLA, the provider is usually obligated to provide "Service Credits" or refunds to the client.