How to Use uptime in a Sentence

uptime

noun
  • We need to maximize network uptime.
  • 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
  • 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
  • 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
  • That feature is valuable in fault-tolerant, high-uptime servers used in financial and retail organizations that run high volumes of transactions.
    Agam Shah, PCWorld, 5 May 2017
  • Records from the uptime-measuring service Pingdom show that at several points during P4x's hacking, almost every North Korean website was down.
    Andy Greenberg, Wired, 2 Feb. 2022

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