Acceptable Downtime

Posted on April 2, 2023April 3, 2023 by Keith

Acceptable Downtime

Definition(s):

The maximum elapsed time between a disruption and restoration of needed operational capacity or capability.

Source: ASIS

Glossary: Recovery Time Objective [RTO]

Acceptable Downtime is the maximum amount of time that a system can be offline or unavailable due to maintenance, upgrades, or other outages before it becomes unacceptable to users.