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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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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.

Readership

Hardware & software designers

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

Product details

  • Edition: 2
  • Latest edition
  • Published: November 6, 2025
  • Language: English

About the authors

DS

Daniel Siewiorek

Affiliations and expertise
Carnegie-Mellon University

RS

Robert Swarz

Affiliations and expertise
The MITRE Corporation

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