is this decent?

[Lil_Rob]

hi
i am going to be paying for web hosting for the fist time and need these little questions answered is 98.5% uptime acceptable/good enough for a paid web host and also they run "the latest windows 2000" is this the usual thing paid web hosts use if not what is?
thank you
Paul
www.lilrob----------

[sonichost.net]

Assuming 30 days in a month:

24hrs x 30 = 720 hours in a month

720 x .985 = 709.2 hours of uptime

That leaves you with 10.8 hours of downtime per month. Whether or not that is acceptable is up to you and would depend on how important it is that your site be accessable at all times.

Will your company lose money if your site is down? If so, spend the extra cash and go for a site that offers 99.9% uptime.


Good Luck!

[Lil_Rob]

hi thanks for the reply my site is actually a fansite about the number 1 chicano rapper "lil' rob" it is an important site to me
and alot of other people as i get a good few hits


thanks again for your help
Paul

[cheatpark]

There are now hosts which can offer 100% uptime. This is done by using 2 nameservers.

[elizaveta98]

98.5 is not that great for pay.
Make sure they have a 99.9% uptime and a 90 day money back guarantee.

[::NIRMANI::]

Originally posted by elizaveta98
98.5 is not that great for pay.
Make sure they have a 99.9% uptime and a 90 day money back guarantee.

Very few offer 90 day money back; No one comes to my mind...

[ducktape]

but ur not gonna die if ur site is down for a few hours

[::NIRMANI::]

98.5% uptime guarantee doesn't imply 1.5% downtime guarantee :D

[Lil_Rob]

thanks for the replies i think i'll go with them