When investigating the purchase of computer servers it is important to understand the terms “Mean Time Between Failure” (MTBF) and “Mean Time to Repair” (MTTR). Here is a link to an outstanding article by George Spafford that expains the terms and gives good examples of each. Understanding ‘Mean Time Between Failure’ May 14, 2004 by [...]
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Servers – Mean Time Between Failure and Mean Time to Repair
Posted in hardware, reliability, tagged hardware, reliability on April 18, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
