Google Cloud Digital Leader — Question 272

An organization meets their service level objective (SLO) of 99.999% (`five nines`).
How much downtime do their end users experience per year?

Answer options

• A. 5 minutes
• B. 500 minutes
• C. 5 hours
• D. 5 days

Correct answer: A

Explanation

The correct answer is A, as achieving 99.999% availability equates to a maximum of 5 minutes of downtime per year. The other options represent much higher amounts of downtime that would exceed the five nines availability metric.