What is server uptime guarantees in web hosting? and how to pick a server with right uptime?

[Netsurfer]

Server uptime guarantee refers to the percentage of time a web hosting server is promised to remain operational and accessible without downtime. For example, a 99.9% uptime guarantee means your website can only experience 43 minutes of downtime per month.

Tip to Pick the Right Server with High Uptime

1. Look for 99.9% or higher uptime (Avoid anything below 99.9%).
2. Check customer reviews and testimonials for actual performance.
3. Verify the hosting provider's SLA (Service Level Agreement) for compensation during downtimes.
4. Ensure they have backup servers and redundancy systems for smooth operations.
5. Monitor uptime tracking tools like UptimeRobot or Pingdom.

A higher uptime guarantee ensures better website performance and SEO ranking.

[Prajayblogger]

Web hosting companies often claim 99.9% uptime or higher, but the reality they use certain tricks and tactics to manipulate uptime statistics and create an illusion of better performance.

Here is how they manipulate the uptime statistics can do.

1. Excluding downtime during maintenance
2. Scheduling maintenance during late-night hours when traffic is low and don’t count it as downtime
3. Only by monitoring a few high-performing servers, not the entire server network.
4. Using Status Page Manipulation
5. Calculating Uptime based on Month, Not by years

And so... As a site owners you need be very careful on judging the server uptime..