Mean time between failure in Windows XP

[Staffan Dahlberg]

Hello everyone!
I'm looking for a mean time between failure measurement
(or something similar) for Windows XP. I know there has
been studies conducted on this but the ones that I have
found have not been satisfactory. I hope someone can help
me since I really need it for a System availability
calculation.

Best Regards
Staffan Dahlberg

 

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| Hello everyone!
| I'm looking for a mean time between failure measurement
| (or something similar) for Windows XP. I know there has
| been studies conducted on this but the ones that I have
| found have not been satisfactory. I hope someone can help
| me since I really need it for a System availability
| calculation.
|
| Best Regards
| Staffan Dahlberg

 

[Guest]

I looked throug the web page but did only find the
software. What I would like to know is an estimated,
calculated or measured approximate number of the MTBF. Do
you know if there is any?

 

[Ted Zieglar]

MTBF is a concept that applies to hardware, not software.

 

[Staffan Dahlberg]

That does not make much sense. If you are offering a
complete system the customer is not only really interested
in how often just the hardware crashes. Instead the
customer is interested in just how often his/her system
will not be available, no matter if it's software or
hardware problems. Do you know of any other measurement on
software?

// Staffan Dahlberg