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Availability (Uptime)

Percentage of time a system is operational.

Formula

A=MTBFMTBF+MTTR×100A = \frac{MTBF}{MTBF + MTTR} \times 100

Variables

MTBFMean time between failures
MTTRMean time to repair

Example

MTBF 1000 h, MTTR 1 h → A = 99.9%

Did You Know?

"Five nines" (99.999%) availability allows only about 5 minutes of downtime a year.

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