In order to improve the reliability of an electronic or a computer system, redundant components always need to be added as part of the system. When an active component falls, a standby component will be activated to g...In order to improve the reliability of an electronic or a computer system, redundant components always need to be added as part of the system. When an active component falls, a standby component will be activated to guarantee the system in operation continuously. The standby component and the switching device have been usually assumed to be continuously functional duriv,g the setup of the reliability model. In fact, it is these two asstuxtptions that induce deviations during modeling and introduce variances for the system reliability design. Through modeling and optiming the dependability of the synchronous clock system that decomposed from a multi-node system, a new reliability model which takes these two elements into consideration has been developed. Simulation results demonstrate that the upgraded reliability model is closer Io the actual dependability of the real system. The capability of the system reliability design is also improved as a result.展开更多
文摘In order to improve the reliability of an electronic or a computer system, redundant components always need to be added as part of the system. When an active component falls, a standby component will be activated to guarantee the system in operation continuously. The standby component and the switching device have been usually assumed to be continuously functional duriv,g the setup of the reliability model. In fact, it is these two asstuxtptions that induce deviations during modeling and introduce variances for the system reliability design. Through modeling and optiming the dependability of the synchronous clock system that decomposed from a multi-node system, a new reliability model which takes these two elements into consideration has been developed. Simulation results demonstrate that the upgraded reliability model is closer Io the actual dependability of the real system. The capability of the system reliability design is also improved as a result.
