> tell me, if i�m wrong, but:
1 month * 0.001% =
> -> 26 seconds (rounded) per month

I did something odd, you're right.  I'm sorry.

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pinky 42% dc
60 60 * 24 * 30 * p
2592000               seconds/30 day month.
0.00001 * p
25.92000
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My point is still that five 9's is usually unnecessary and is
about always really expensive and unreasonable. It's a lovely
marketing phrase that should be taken like we take "windows
is secure, stable, solid and ready to run your enterprise."
Giggle a bit and set expectations that a 60 minute down time
every couple months is just fine along with regular maintenance
intervals.

Have a spare machine ready to hook up to your RAID unit.  A
failure, identified after 5 minutes, means that you can spend
15 (tops) minutes plugging it into a cold spare.

Cost?  Pretty low.  Cost compared to acquiring, setting up,
and running an HA pair over a couple years?  About 1% :)


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