Accession Number:

ADA021666

Title:

Failure Study and Reliability Considerations for RTE Design Verification Models

Descriptive Note:

Technical rept.

Corporate Author:

MITRE CORP BEDFORD MA

Personal Author(s):

• Ferdman, M.

Report Date:

1976-02-01

Pagination or Media Count:

60.0

Abstract:

The Remote Terminal Emulator is a minicomputer-based system which generates message traffic for use in testing and evaluating large-scale, multi- terminal systems. Throughout the development of two design verification models of the RTE, which used a Data General NOVA 800 and associated peripheral equipment, there appeared to be an abnormal amount of down time due to various hardware failures. This report reviews those failures and compares the actual results with a theoretical reliability model for the NOVA 800. It determines that the failure rates were not abnormally high for this class of equipment in the operating environment to which they were subjected, and develops recommendations to systems in the future.

Descriptors:

• *DIGITAL COMPUTERS
• *REMOTE TERMINALS
• *MINICOMPUTERS
• CENTRAL PROCESSING UNITS
• RELIABILITY(ELECTRONICS)
• PRINTERS(DATA PROCESSING)
• MAGNETIC TAPE
• CLOCKS
• FAILURE(ELECTRONICS)
• DISKS
• MEMORY DEVICES
• DOWNTIME

Subject Categories:

• Computer Hardware
• Non-Radio Communications

Distribution Statement:

APPROVED FOR PUBLIC RELEASE