CCSP Cloud Concepts, Architecture, and Design Practice Question
A cloud provider guarantees 99.99% availability for a service. What is the maximum allowed downtime per year (rounded to nearest minute)?
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52.56 minutes
99.99% implies 0.01% downtime. 365*24*60 = 525,600 minutes. 0.01% of 525,600 = 52.56 minutes, about 53 minutes.
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1.01 hours
Why it's wrong here
Not a standard calculation.
- ✗
5.26 minutes
Why it's wrong here
That would be 99.999% availability.
- ✗
8.76 hours
Why it's wrong here
That corresponds to 99.9% availability (0.1% downtime).
- ✓
52.56 minutes
Why this is correct
Correct: 0.01% of 525,600 minutes = 52.56 minutes.
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