A server’s downtime refers to the situation when the system is unavailable due to some reasons. The downtime is the time period when the server is unable to perform its basic operation which may be related to reliability, recovery, availability and unavailability. The downtime is the opposite to the uptime so there is no need for seperate caculation of server’s downtime.
Normally the server downtime is caused due to the unplanned outages or system failures or communication failures, etc. If the percentage of the average server’s download is above 5 to 10 then it means the server is showing poor uptime and is not good for your website.
A server’s download can reflect many things to your website. You might lose some of your visitors there by might lose some of your profits. In some cases your website’s PR value will be reduced because of the downtime and may result in lowered position in search engines and it will be hard to reach the lost place again. So, it is very necessary to make sure your web hosting provider provides an average uptime of more than 99%.
So far in Ipage hosting the quality of the server uptime is pretty good, the average uptime has been always above 98%, mostly above 99%. Hence when it comes to the server uptime, Ipage hosting is one of the best hosting providers around.
