VAST Data's 99.9991% Uptime and 10x Kafka Claims: The New Standard for Unverifiable Marketing

VAST Data has made two extraordinary claims that deserve mathematical scrutiny: 99.9991% measured uptime and a 10x performance advantage over Apache Kafka. Let&rsquo;s examine what these numbers actually mean and whether they can be verified. If these claims sound familiar, you may have read our analysis of Cloudian&rsquo;s absurd &ldquo;26 nines&rdquo; durability claim . VAST&rsquo;s uptime…