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Let’s reflect on Amazon’s 99.999999999% (literally their number) durability on S3.

• dragonwriter 7y ago
  Durability isn't uptime.
  • brainwipe 7y ago
    Correct. Availability is 99.99. https://aws.amazon.com/s3/storage-classes/ https://aws.amazon.com/s3/storage-classes/
    • victords 7y ago
      Regardless, the SLA that AWS (& other cloud providers) meet is quite impressive.
      • Cthulhu_ 7y ago
        But what do they offer if they don't meet it? I mean a discount on your monthly bill somehow doesn't sound like it would cover a potential loss.