How to Use uptime in a Sentence
uptime
noun- We need to maximize network uptime.
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The ones already in use around the world have 97% uptime, Bieser said.
— Mark Phelan, Detroit Free Press, 11 Mar. 2023 -
With uptime far above 99 percent, the real use case for this backup is a tiny amount of time.
— Caroline Delbert, Popular Mechanics, 4 Aug. 2020 -
Getting the most out of the assets in terms of uptime and throughput is always a challenge.
— John Clemons, Forbes, 4 Oct. 2021 -
In contrast, Sia is designed for hosts with uptimes in the 95- to 98-percent range.
— Timothy B. Lee, Ars Technica, 10 Aug. 2017 -
And 99% uptime over the duration of a four day trade show is still impressive.
— IEEE Spectrum, 14 Apr. 2023 -
That means higher uptime and lower cost per mile, which is meaningful in the P&L.
— Geoff Colvin, Fortune, 28 Dec. 2021 -
Evening out the highs by redistributing them to the lows is something that, Australian officials say, will stabilize the grid and keep uptime high.
— Caroline Delbert, Popular Mechanics, 6 Nov. 2020 -
Being mindful of uptime and downtime will make a difference to the planet and your energy bill.
— WIRED, 28 Aug. 2022 -
Equipment uptime improved as unplanned equipment failures and the time to repair are reduced by over 60%.
— Stephen Diorio, Forbes, 22 Feb. 2023 -
When discussing wireless failover, many solutions contemplate the uptime involved, which is around 99%, and refers to how quickly the network will failover to the LTE network.
— Romil Bahl, Forbes, 26 Aug. 2022 -
Firepower even wins defensively with 100% uptime on Weapon Leech for non-stop healing over Skill Leech on longer cooldowns.
— Paul Tassi, Forbes, 11 Apr. 2021 -
His Hyper Beam cooldown has gone up by 13 seconds while its duration at level one has gone down by eight, meaning the uptime is now significantly less.
— Mike Stubbs, Forbes, 15 Sep. 2024 -
While a three-month reprieve might not seem like a big change after years of server uptime, at least players of these games will have an extended chance to say goodbye to their online communities.
— Kyle Orland, Ars Technica, 2 Nov. 2018 -
The truth is that, as part of their standard service, most cloud service providers only provide an uptime guarantee of their service — not data protection.
— Simon Jelley, Forbes, 27 Dec. 2021 -
Those who pull this off successfully can reduce the length of outages, take a more proactive approach in preventing downtime and improve the performance and uptime of their services.
— Elik Eizenberg, Forbes, 3 Jan. 2022 -
And 97 percent is the uptime requirement for chargers that will be built as part of the federal government's Interstate charging network.
— Jonathan M. Gitlin, Ars Technica, 13 July 2022 -
That money is part of nearly $5 billion earmarked to build fast-charging stations along highways, with a crucial 97 percent uptime requirement for the funding.
— Kevin Purdy, Ars Technica, 26 Sep. 2023 -
In industry tests for uptime, Bluehost performs well but does not guarantee uptime.
— The Salt Lake Tribune, 21 July 2022 -
Ford expects lower service and fuel costs and higher uptime because the prospect of fewer repairs will convince businesses the higher price will be a bargain over the vehicle’s life.
— Mark Phelan, Detroit Free Press, 12 Nov. 2020 -
Few vendors are happy to guarantee the uptime of a backup server that is being operated by a customer, for example.
— Justin Warren, Forbes, 8 Aug. 2022 -
The sites will use the new National Electric Vehicle Infrastructure guidelines, which means, among other things, 97 percent uptime for each charging port.
— Jonathan M. Gitlin, Ars Technica, 26 July 2023 -
But last week, Musk announced that Tesla would spend more than $500 million building out more chargers, just days after saying the focus would instead be on uptime at existing locations.
— Jonathan M. Gitlin, Ars Technica, 13 May 2024 -
Ideally, the same sort of cloud-server smarts that allows for near-constant uptime and seamless replication of data could also be put to work automating the deployment and management of these services.
— Rob Pegoraro, Ars Technica, 10 Sep. 2019 -
Most cloud vendors have service-level agreements that guarantee 99% uptime.
— Evgeniy Altynpara, Forbes, 12 Mar. 2021 -
Or digital twin technology can used to monitor assets in the field and maximize performance and uptime.
— Forbes, 8 June 2021 -
Before bringing your remote people on board, ensure that their internet connection has something well above 95% uptime.
— Steve Gickling, Forbes, 5 July 2022 -
Maintaining uptime becomes even more important to reduce the use of diesel fuel to power backup generators.
— Phillip Marangella, Forbes, 29 Mar. 2024 -
With redundant systems in place, the uptime is often higher than traditional hosting methods.
— Deepak Tiwari, Forbes, 12 Feb. 2024 -
Bungie is also experimenting with a new Checkmate Control mode that will see weapon damage, ability uptime, and ammo all adjusted.
— Tom Warren, The Verge, 13 Feb. 2023
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