Specification of System Reliability

Example: ATM card reader

Failure class Example Metric

Permanent System fails to operate 1 per 1,000 days

non-corrupting with any card -- reboot

Transient System can not read 1 in 1,000 transactions

non-corrupting an undamaged card

Corrupting A pattern of Never

transactions corrupts

database

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