CCSP Cloud Concepts, Architecture, and Design Practice Question
A cloud provider's SLA guarantees 99.95% uptime for a service. Over a one-year period (365 days), what is the maximum allowed downtime in minutes to meet this SLA?
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262.8 minutes
99.95% uptime means 0.05% downtime. 365 days * 24 hours * 60 minutes = 525,600 minutes. 0.05% of 525,600 = 262.8 minutes.
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525.6 minutes
Why it's wrong here
This would be 0.1% downtime incorrectly calculated.
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262.8 minutes
Why this is correct
Correct calculation: 525,600 * 0.0005 = 262.8 minutes.
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87.6 minutes
Why it's wrong here
This would be 0.01% downtime.
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438 minutes
Why it's wrong here
This would correspond to 99.9% uptime (0.1% downtime).
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