Reliable Computer Systems
Design and Evaluatuion
- 2nd Edition - May 12, 1992
- Latest edition
- Authors: Daniel Siewiorek, Robert Swarz
- Language: English
Enhance your hardware/software reliabilityEnhancement of system reliability has been a major concern of computer users and designers ¦ and this major revision of the 1982 classic… Read more
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Description
Description
Enhance your hardware/software reliability
Enhancement of system reliability has been a major concern of computer users and designers ¦ and this major revision of the 1982 classic meets users' continuing need for practical information on this pressing topic. Included are case studies of reliable
systems from manufacturers such as Tandem, Stratus, IBM, and Digital, as well as coverage of special systems such as the Galileo Orbiter fault protection system and AT&T telephone switching processors.
Enhancement of system reliability has been a major concern of computer users and designers ¦ and this major revision of the 1982 classic meets users' continuing need for practical information on this pressing topic. Included are case studies of reliable
systems from manufacturers such as Tandem, Stratus, IBM, and Digital, as well as coverage of special systems such as the Galileo Orbiter fault protection system and AT&T telephone switching processors.
Readership
Readership
Hardware & software designers
Table of contents
Table of contents
Fundamental Concepts; Faults and their Manifestations; Reliability and Availability Techniques; Maintainability and Testing Techniques; Evaluation Criteria; Financial Considerations; General Purpose Computing (VAX, IBM); High-Availability
Systems (AT&T, Tandem, Stratus); Long Life Systems (Galileo); Critical Computations (C.vmp, SIFT); VAXft Series; Appendixes
Systems (AT&T, Tandem, Stratus); Long Life Systems (Galileo); Critical Computations (C.vmp, SIFT); VAXft Series; Appendixes
Product details
Product details
- Edition: 2
- Latest edition
- Published: November 6, 2025
- Language: English
About the authors
About the authors
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Daniel Siewiorek
Affiliations and expertise
Carnegie-Mellon UniversityRS
Robert Swarz
Affiliations and expertise
The MITRE CorporationView book on ScienceDirect
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