Title :
Design of a Repairable Redundant Computer
Author_Institution :
Lincoln Laboratory, Massachusetts Institute of Technology Lexington, Mass.
Abstract :
The design of a repairable redundant computer is discussed using the Von Neumann multiplexing scheme. The general considerations, as well as the reasons for selecting this type of redundancy, are given. A reliability model of the redundant equipment is presented with resulting curves for estimating the reliability improvement and the additional cost of the redundant equipment. The mean time between failures of a typical redundant computer is shown to be several orders of magnitude greater than that of the nonredundant version of the same computer.
Keywords :
Application software; Ash; Computer displays; Computer errors; Costs; Data flow computing; Joining processes; Redundancy; Switches; Switching circuits;
Journal_Title :
Electronic Computers, IRE Transactions on
DOI :
10.1109/TEC.1962.5219425
