Uptime and downtime are one of the most crucial issues website owners confront. Every minute of downtime means lost business. Your site needs to be accessible to your customers at all times if you need that edge over the competition. But the simple fact is that server downtimes cannot be avoided completely. You will invariably need to pay attention to the details when choosing a web hosting company.

Finding a web host who is able to provide good uptime is difficult given that all web hosts brag about “excellent” uptime. Uptime can range from 99% to 99.99%.

To choose a suitable host for your business with the right uptime, you must first be aware of how much downtime you would be exposed to:

·  99.99% uptime — 0.88 hours (about 50 minutes) per year of downtime  (more…)