Power snafus take limelight in latest downtime diary from Uptime Institute
The frequency and severity of datacenter outages is on the decline, yet when incidents do occur they can be very costly to the organization involved, with power issues leading to the most serious blackouts.However, according to a new report from Uptime Institute, there has been a consistent downward trend in the frequency and severity of outages relative to the growth in IT capacity over the past several years.
Uptime cautions, however, that data relating to outages should be treated carefully as it is often commercially sensitive and subject to uncertainty. The Uptime report is based on data from its members, surveys of datacenter managers, and publicly available data. Yet just over half of respondents indicated that their most recent significant, serious or severe outage cost the organization more than $100,000, with 16 percent saying that it cost them upwards of $1 million.
The second greatest cause is a failure or underperformance of cooling equipment. This could also be seen last year when 2.5 million payment transactions could not be completed when theDatacenter architect creates bonkers designs to illustrate the craft, and quirks, of building bit barnsUptime notes that third-party provider issues have seen a small but consistent uptick since 2020, rising by five percentage points to account for nearly one in ten outages in 2023.
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