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Glossary: Virtualization and Cloud Basics

availability

Also written: nines, 99.9%, three nines, downtime

The share of time a service works, given as a percentage and often counted in nines. 99.9% allows 8.76 hours of downtime a year (8,760 × 0.001).

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Related terms

high availability (HA)failoveravailability zone (AZ)