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Availability Rules: - If failure of a part leads to the combination becoming inoperable, the two par ts are considered to be operating

in series - If failure of a part leads to the other part taking over the operations of the failed part, the two parts are considered to be operating in parallel. Series A = Ax * Ay .99 * .9999 = .989901 99% * 99.99% = 98.99% Chain is weaker than the weakesk link Parallel A= 1 - (1-Ax)^2 .99 2 x components = 1 - (1-.99)^2 = 99.99% A = MTBF/(MTBF + MTTR) A = (Uptime + Scheduled Maintenance)/(Uptime + Scheduled Maintenance + Unschedul ed DownTime) A = Uptime/(Uptime + Downtime) As = Ac1 + ((1-Ac1) * Ac2) As = Acn-1 + ((1-Acn-1) * Acn)

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