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Reliability versus Availability<br />

• Availability A(t): Average fraction of time that a<br />

component has been up and running in the interval [0,t)<br />

– (Long term) availability A: A(∞)<br />

• Note:<br />

– A = MTTF/MTBF = MTTF/(MTTF + MTTR)<br />

Observation<br />

Reliability and availability make sense only if we have an<br />

accurate notion of what a failure actually is<br />

8.1 Introduction: Basic concepts

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