Re: [cobalt-users] 99.9% up time

[Colin Smith <colin@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

On Thu, 13 Apr 2000, Jeff Lasman wrote:

> Okay, you force me to explain myself...
> 
> Kris Dahl wrote:
> 
> > IMHO three nines is easy.  I could do that with crappy hardware and NT if I
> > was careful.  I don't think I have a single machine (even a workstation)
> > that isn't 99.9% available.
> 
> I've got all of that, and charge accordingly.  I still don't guarantee
> anything except best efforts.  (I guess that's what I mean by
> "nobaloney".)

I completely agree but guarantee is really just your best efforts with an
'or else' clause attached. You're never going to be able to *COMPLETELY*
guarantee anything. Add diverse links, a backup mainframe on each
continent, redundant everything and you still can't *really* guarantee
that something won't come along and f**k it all up. So you say I guarantee
99.9% uptime or I'll give you your money back and you do your best.

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