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Performing Effective MTBF Comparisons for Data Center Infrastructure
Overview Mean Time Between Failure (MTBF) is often proposed as a key decision making criterion when comparing data center infrastructure systems. Misleading values are often provided by vendors, leaving the user incapable of making a meaningful comparison. This paper explains how MTBF can be effectively used as one of several factors for specification and selection of systems, by making the assumptions explicit.
| Publisher | American Power Conversion (APC) | File Format | HTML & PDF |
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| Date Published | April 2009 | Downloads | 126 |
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