Title :
Availability Analysis of a Fault-Tolerant Computer System
Author_Institution :
Institut fÿr Informationsverarbeitung, Universitÿt Tÿbingen: ingen; Köstlinstr. 6, 74 Tÿbingen, WEST GERMANY.
Abstract :
Queueing network theory is applied in order to determine the availability of a fault-tolerant multiprocessor computer system. Mean repair times and utilizations of system units are computed. Subsystem availabilities are obtained by the decomposition technique of queueing network theory.
Keywords :
Availability; Built-in self-test; Computer network reliability; Computer networks; Control systems; Fault tolerant systems; Intelligent networks; Power system reliability; Queueing analysis; Steady-state; Fault-tolerance; Mean repair times; Queueing networks; Steady-state availability; Subsystem availability;
Journal_Title :
Reliability, IEEE Transactions on
DOI :
10.1109/TR.1980.5220816
