Comment Re:Same as last year. (Score 1) 709
While I do not agree with the articles "facts", for linux to have 20% more downtime than Windows, does not mean it needs to be down for 60 days a year.... only 20% more time than the Windows server. The math on this is fairly easy...
If a Windows server is down for 24 hours in a year, a Linux server would be down for 28.8 hours every year. (24 * 1.2 = 28.8)
The article did not state that Linux had 20% less uptime. It stated 20% more downtime. Since downtime numbers are smaller than uptime numbers in a year, the average downtimes would still be fairly close together.
The numbers everyone else is putting into their comments would be 20% less uptime, not 20% more downtime...
If a Windows server is down for 24 hours in a year, a Linux server would be down for 28.8 hours every year. (24 * 1.2 = 28.8)
The article did not state that Linux had 20% less uptime. It stated 20% more downtime. Since downtime numbers are smaller than uptime numbers in a year, the average downtimes would still be fairly close together.
The numbers everyone else is putting into their comments would be 20% less uptime, not 20% more downtime...
