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What is MTBF? Explain in Suitable Examples.

  
Total Answers and Comments: 1 Last Update: July 19, 2007     Asked by: hari 
  
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Submitted by: radhika
 
MTBF means mean time between failures.

failure--------------------repair--------------------failure
<------MTTR---------------><-----MTTF----------------->
<--------------------------MTBF---------------------------->

for eg:
the s/w is tested for about 1000hrs and during the time ,the s/w failed  twice.so MTBF value is 500.After the Failure,it takes 5 hrs to rectify the problem on an average,MTTR is 5 hrs.After the rectification,again if it is fails after 495 hrs....

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RE: What is MTBF? Explain in Suitable Examples.
MTBF means mean time between failures.

failure--------------------repair--------------------failure
<------MTTR---------------><-----MTTF----------------->
<--------------------------MTBF---------------------------->

for eg:
the s/w is tested for about 1000hrs and during the time the s/w failed twice.so MTBF value is 500.After the Failure it takes 5 hrs to rectify the problem on an average MTTR is 5 hrs.After the rectification again if it is fails after 495 hrs....

 
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