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A little perspective...
2 hours of downtime since May. That's at least 3 months of uptime if the May outage happened to fall on the last day of the month. Applying a little math, that tells me that GMail has had an uptime percentage of 99.999%. That's the ever elusive 5 9s many companies can't seem to get on their own internal networks. If users are complaining about that kind of uptime then their expectations are completely unrealistic.
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A little perspective...  jasonp@... | 09/02/09
How did you calculate that?  JMichaelH | 09/02/09
Sure...  jasonp@... | 09/02/09
bad math  diane wilson | 09/02/09
they like to dream  ggossett001 | 09/02/09
Oops...  jasonp@... | 09/02/09
We all goof occasionally!  jerryz58 | 09/02/09
bad math  781lc | 09/02/09
how many days?  ggossett001 | 09/02/09
Reliability is generally calculated yearly...  andresvettori@... | 09/02/09
99.9999%  ggossett001 | 09/02/09
99.9% is not good enough  bb_apptix | 09/02/09
Those numbers seem about right...  jasonp@... | 09/02/09
Five 9's  samofdetroit | 09/03/09
A LITTLE PERSPECTIVE  ucdailoi@... | 09/02/09
Geographically isolated redundant system anyone?  kd5auq | 09/02/09
This is exactly what we should expect ...  mwagner@... | 09/02/09
Wouldnt help  bklooste | 09/02/09
Lets see........  daMan25 | 09/02/09
The only BlackBerry downtime I have seen ...  mwagner@... | 09/02/09
Also Hotmail  andresvettori@... | 09/02/09
for the scarecrow  plumnilly | 09/02/09
For your information  samofdetroit | 09/03/09
RE: Gmail FAIL - What it says about Google and email in general  bhartman36 | 09/02/09
Excellent point...  jasonp@... | 09/02/09
1  lostarchitect | 09/02/09
RE:  shinji257 | 09/02/09
No Gmail failure here either.  gypkap@... | 09/02/09
Oops--I forgot--I use POP/SMTP, no problems  gypkap@... | 09/02/09
RE: Gmail FAIL - What it says about Google and email in general  ccpeters | 09/02/09
2 Hours  hollewc | 09/02/09
Arizona  timbrady1124@... | 09/02/09
No downtime @ Argentina  nanomartin | 09/02/09
Just move to Australia  BoneLazy | 09/03/09
Two Hours  rcmnsfld@... | 09/02/09
Well said!  athynz | 09/02/09
RE: "I don't get where folks are saying it was only 2 hours. Must be Google  4beatgait | 09/02/09
RE: Gmail FAIL - What it says about Google and email in general  mr1972 | 09/02/09
Really?  jasonp@... | 09/02/09
Google Gears  lostarchitect | 09/02/09
syncing  jntowers | 09/02/09
2 hours of Down time...  xXSpeedzXx | 09/02/09
What??  JoseTorr | 09/02/09
When you make an internet service  goff256 | 09/02/09
Merely pointing out that 2 hours of inconvenience  xXSpeedzXx | 09/02/09
Let's extend this same standard of understanding ...  lalogos | 09/02/09
Agreed  goff256 | 09/02/09
And do the same  athynz | 09/02/09
As long as Apple is willing...  PollyProteus | 09/02/09
A different perspective...  Marty R. Milette | 09/03/09
a bit much  timbrady1124@... | 09/02/09
And what exactly  athynz | 09/02/09
The point is scale.  lalogos | 09/02/09
I don't think you fully understand the situation  BoneLazy | 09/03/09
Overdependence on any one thing is dangerous  mystic100 | 09/04/09
UI was down but you could STILL get mail  sbalun | 09/02/09
UI down...  MasterFundi | 09/02/09
No problems with pop or smtp servers @ gmail  djchandler | 09/02/09
Actuallly...  khawaja.umar.farooq@... | 09/03/09
RE: Gmail FAIL - What it says about Google and email in general  sahirs@... | 09/02/09
It's worth nothing  Real World | 09/02/09
Google has had 27 separate outages in the last 12 months  Joe_Raby | 09/02/09
Of those 27 outages  xXSpeedzXx | 09/02/09
OK if we can still work offline  johnd126 | 09/02/09
What is says about Google?!? More like what it says about clouds.  croberts | 09/02/09
Again...  storm14k | 09/02/09
Agreed.  djchandler | 09/02/09
Right on the mark  racartaga | 09/02/09
Clouds on our Horizon...  mejohnsn | 09/02/09
And the point of this article was?  fernande-zdnet | 09/02/09
RE: Gmail FAIL - What it says about Google and email in general  phoenex | 09/02/09
Realistic or not, businesses do expect ...  mwagner@... | 09/02/09
RE: Gmail FAIL - What it says about Google and email in general  cj100570@... | 09/02/09
to be expected...  lefty.crupps | 09/02/09
RE: Gmail FAIL - What it says about Google and email in general  DannyGrimes | 09/02/09
Wrong- cloud is scary!  w_c_mead | 09/02/09
This is a non-issue...  Dave32265 | 09/02/09
yep  mr.zachcoffman@... | 09/02/09
Just TRY to use Google Calendar for a distributed office!  BlueBerry Pick'n | 09/02/09
ok...  mr.zachcoffman@... | 09/02/09
RE: Gmail FAIL - What it says about Google and email in general  gveets | 09/02/09
why are you paying premium for a free product?  magallanes | 09/02/09
Premium gets you Google Apps Sync  gveets | 09/02/09
Google Apps Sync?  mr.zachcoffman@... | 09/02/09
TooSmall  ICUR12 | 09/02/09
Too Small  gveets | 09/02/09
The "BUGS" are in YOUR HEAD... Your story is full of holes...  mr.zachcoffman@... | 09/02/09
Compare to other institutions  mschneid | 09/02/09
RE: Gmail FAIL - What it says about Google and email in general  rickhal | 09/02/09
RE: Gmail FAIL - What it says about Google and email in general  MagicMusicMan | 09/02/09
Can't help wondering what Adrian meant by the following :  mhenriday | 09/02/09
Let me see: A 2-Hour Failure versus several YEARS of great service?  XweAponX | 09/02/09
RE: Gmail FAIL - What it says about Google and email in general  Naryan | 09/02/09
RE: Gmail FAIL - What it says about Google and email in general  Fluxstringer | 09/02/09
RE: Gmail FAIL - What it says about Google and email in general  elwynsattic@... | 09/02/09
RE: Gmail FAIL - What it says about Google and email in general  ChicoThorn | 09/02/09
you must known  magallanes | 09/02/09
Even workers need a break  ChicoThorn | 09/03/09
Get what you pay for, but what if you paid  elCharles | 09/02/09
RE: Gmail FAIL - What it says about Google and email in general  1tree | 09/02/09
What a complete non-issue  athynz | 09/02/09
Free has nothing to do with it  balsover | 09/02/09
Gmail was down?  Steve Goldman | 09/02/09
RE: Gmail FAIL - What it says about Google and email in general  raylor9355 | 09/02/09
RE: Gmail FAIL - What it says about Google and email in general  opensourceadvocate | 09/02/09
Gmail Still The Best!  rm6565 | 09/02/09
RE: Gmail FAIL - What it says about Google and email in general  CptMatt | 09/02/09
RE: Gmail FAIL - What it says about Google and email in general  AndrewChmielewski | 09/02/09
RE: Gmail FAIL - What it says about Google and email in general  membrado | 09/02/09
RE: Gmail FAIL - What it says about Google and email in general  gveets | 09/02/09
RE: Gmail FAIL - What it says about Google and email in general  uofamjon@... | 09/02/09
RE: Gmail FAIL - What it says about Google and email in general  rball@... | 09/02/09
Gmail is not free  jorjitop | 09/02/09
RE: Gmail FAIL - What it says about Google and email in general  bb_apptix | 09/02/09
Solution: www.fastmail.fm  CounterEthicsCommissioner | 09/02/09
I know little about fastmail, but...  gypkap@... | 09/02/09
RE: Gmail FAIL - What it says about Google and email in general  phatkat | 09/02/09
RE: Gmail FAIL - What it says about Google and email in general  racartaga | 09/02/09
You have no right to complain...  Spiritusindomit@... | 09/02/09
RE: Gmail FAIL - What it says about Google and email in general  Acid_1 | 09/02/09
RE: Gmail FAIL - What it says about Google and email in general  james.gerber@... | 09/02/09
RE: Adrian blogging at 5am  slimebox | 09/02/09
RE: Gmail FAIL - What it says about Google and email in general  roger.warde | 09/02/09
Rather than email we whould say what this means for CLoud systems  bklooste | 09/02/09
RE: Gmail FAIL - What it says about Google and email in general  Loverock Davidson | 09/02/09
RE: Gmail FAIL - What it says about Google and email in general  Jimster480 | 09/02/09
RE: Gmail FAIL - What it says about Google and email in general  CitizenW | 09/02/09
Really? I didn't notice anything different...  newgolddream@... | 09/02/09
RE: Gmail FAIL - What it says about Google and email in general  mastman01 | 09/03/09
Better  BoneLazy | 09/03/09
RE: Gmail FAIL - What it says about Google and email in general  mastman01 | 09/03/09
It is a free service  BoneLazy | 09/03/09
Gmail: The real Meesage  mholser1 | 09/03/09
RE: Gmail FAIL - What it says about Google and email in general  mindom2004@... | 09/03/09
RE: Gmail FAIL - What it says about Google and email in general  tom@... | 09/03/09
RE: Gmail FAIL - What it says about Google and email in general  Nookhoek | 09/04/09
RE: Gmail FAIL - What it says about Google and email in general  teacher244@... | 09/14/09
Nobody does it better  rob.sherratt@... | 09/30/09

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