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Availability from MTBF and Mean Time to Repair

Availability is uptime fraction, MTBF/(MTBF + MTTR), and it is the quantity an operator actually experiences. It is included because a design decision that raises MTBF while raising repair time can lower availability — the trade the reliability number alone cannot show.

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Availability is uptime fraction, MTBF/(MTBF + MTTR), and it is the quantity an operator actually experiences. It is included because a design decision that raises MTBF while raising repair time can lower availability — the trade the reliability number alone cannot show.

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