From: Jim Choate <ravage@ssz.com>
Date: Mon, 6 Oct 1997 05:40:36 +0800
To: cypherpunks@ssz.com (Cypherpunks Distributed Remailer)
Subject: MTBF
Message-ID: <199710052152.QAA01702@einstein.ssz.com>
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Hi,

MTBF is usualy given as a single number, number_of_base_time_units from
initial turn-on to 1st failure given no power downs or other interruptions.

This is effectively of the form number_of_base_time_units/failure.

This is clearly equivalent to number_of_failures/base_time_unit for
practical use. Especialy considering that in this form you generaly don't
ever need to do a division as you do if you use the first form.


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