
Reliable Computer Systems
Design and Evaluatuion
- 2nd Edition - June 28, 2014
- Imprint: Digital Press
- Authors: Daniel Siewiorek, Robert Swarz
- Language: English
- eBook ISBN:9 7 8 - 1 - 4 8 3 2 - 9 7 4 3 - 9
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.
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.
Hardware & software designers
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
- Edition: 2
- Published: June 28, 2014
- Imprint: Digital Press
- Language: English
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Daniel Siewiorek
Affiliations and expertise
Carnegie-Mellon UniversityRS
Robert Swarz
Affiliations and expertise
The MITRE CorporationRead Reliable Computer Systems on ScienceDirect