|
|
Availability
Time that a system will be unavailable
Availability A (%) |
Unavailable time per year |
Unavailable time |
|||
| 7 nines | 99.9999999 | 0.03 |
sec |
0.003 |
sec |
| 6 nines | 99.999999 | 0.32 |
sec |
0.026 |
sec |
| 5 nines | 99.99999 | 3.15 |
sec |
0.259 |
sec |
| 4 nines | 99.9999 | 31.54 |
sec |
2.592 |
sec |
| 99.9995 | 2.63 |
min |
12.96 |
sec |
|
| 3 nines | 99.999 | 5.26 |
min |
25.92 |
sec |
| 99.995 | 26.28 |
min |
2.16 |
min |
|
| 2 nines | 99.99 | 52.56 |
min |
4.32 |
min |
| 99.95 | 4.38 |
hrs |
21.60 |
min |
|
| 1 nines | 99.9 | 8.76 |
hrs |
43.20 |
min |
| 99.8 | 17.52 |
hrs |
1.44 |
hrs |
|
| 99.7 | 26.28 |
hrs |
2.16 |
hrs |
|
| 99.6 | 35.04 |
hrs |
2.88 |
hrs |
|
| 99.5 | 43.80 |
hrs |
3.60 |
hrs |
|
| 99.4 | 52.56 |
hrs |
4.32 |
hrs |
|
| 99.3 | 61.32 |
hrs |
5.04 |
hrs |
|
| 99.2 | 70.08 |
hrs |
5.76 |
hrs |
|
| 99.1 | 3.29 |
days |
6.48 |
hrs |
|
| 99.0 | 3.65 |
days |
7.20 |
hrs |
|
| 98 | 7.30 |
days |
14.40 |
hrs |
|
| 97 | 10.95 |
days |
21.60 |
hrs |
|
| 96 | 14.60 |
days |
28.80 |
hrs |
|
| 95 | 18.25 |
days |
36.00 |
hrs |
|
| 94 | 21.90 |
days |
43.20 |
hrs |
|
| 93 | 25.55 |
days |
50.40 |
hrs |
|
| 92 | 29.20 |
days |
57.60 |
hrs |
|
| 91 | 32.85 |
days |
64.80 |
hrs |
|
| 90 | 36.50 |
days |
72.00 |
hrs |
|
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Assumptions:
1 year = 365 days = 8.760 hrs = 525.600 min = 31.536.000 sec
1 months = 30 days = 720 hrs = 43.200 min = 2.592.000 sec
Availability for Systems
The Availability (As) for 2 systems A1 and A2 in series configuration is:
As = A1 x A2
Example
A telecommunications circuit between São Paulo and Rio de Janeiro (Brazil) with:
A1= local loop availability in São Paulo
A2= backbone availability between São Paulo and Rio
A3= local loop availability in Rio de Janeiro
Acircuit = A1 x A2 x A3


