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Analysis of field data on computer failures

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This paper emphasizes the importance of making field measurements for effective and realistic dependability evaluations. Two examples are given, both based on real data from IBM mainframes. The first evaluates the impact of the operating environment on system failure characteristics and the second shows how an accurate model depicting this interaction can be extracted from real data.

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  1. Computer Systems Group Coordinated Science Laboratory, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, 1101 West Springfield Avenue, 61801, Urbana, Illinois, U.S.A.

    Ravishankar K. Iyer & Mei-Chen Hsueh

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Iyer, R.K., Hsueh, MC. Analysis of field data on computer failures. J. of Compt. Sci. & Technol. 5, 99–108 (1990). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02943416

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