Re: availability and resiliency

["Majdi S. Abbas" <msa () samurai sfo dead-dog com>]

On Fri, Sep 29, 2000 at 10:08:03AM -0700, Leo Nelson wrote:
> Pardon my ignorance, but what the heck does a "9" refer too? Is it a UPS,
> rack, floor space, circuit...

        A "9" is a marketing device.  It's used to provide unrealistic
guarantees to customers by people with no operational experience.  You
should look into installing as many of them as possible.

        --msa