: time during which a piece of equipment (such as a computer) is functioning or able to function
Examples of uptime in a Sentence
We need to maximize network uptime.
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Businesses have spent a fortune focused on monitoring metrics like server uptime, database response times and network capacity.
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Aditya Ganjam, Forbes, 1 Nov. 2024
Organizations should monitor metrics such as cost per terabyte, energy consumption and uptime versus downtime to understand the financial impact of their storage choices.
—Danny Hayes, Forbes, 21 Oct. 2024
As vehicle systems evolve, ensuring uptime by proactively maintaining vehicles is important for low-cost fleet operations.
—Yu Fang, Forbes, 10 Oct. 2024
Additional challenges Thompson cited include AI’s need for 24/7/365 uptime; the intermittency of renewable energy such as wind and solar; current geographic concentration of data centers as well as computing demands from AI outpacing energy-efficiency gains from available GPU tech.
—Tor Constantino, Mba, Forbes, 2 Oct. 2024
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Aditya Ganjam, Forbes, 1 Nov. 2024
Organizations should monitor metrics such as cost per terabyte, energy consumption and uptime versus downtime to understand the financial impact of their storage choices.
—Danny Hayes, Forbes, 21 Oct. 2024
As vehicle systems evolve, ensuring uptime by proactively maintaining vehicles is important for low-cost fleet operations.
—Yu Fang, Forbes, 10 Oct. 2024
Additional challenges Thompson cited include AI’s need for 24/7/365 uptime; the intermittency of renewable energy such as wind and solar; current geographic concentration of data centers as well as computing demands from AI outpacing energy-efficiency gains from available GPU tech.
—Tor Constantino, Mba, Forbes, 2 Oct. 2024
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“Uptime.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/uptime. Accessed 16 Nov. 2024.
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