System reliability, availability and robustness are often not well understood by system architects, engineers and developers. They often don't understand what drives customer's availability expectations, how to frame verifiable availability/robustness requirements, how to manage and budget availability/robustness, how to methodically architect and design systems that meet robustness requirements, and so on. The book takes a very pragmatic approach of framing reliability and robustness as a functional aspect of a system so that architects, designers, developers and testers can address it as a concrete, functional attribute of a system, rather than an abstract, non-functional notion.
Eric Bauer
Communication Technology - Networks Computer Science Electrical & Electronics Engineering Elektrotechnik u. Elektronik Informatik Kommunikationsnetz Kommunikationsnetze Programmierung u. Software-Entwicklung Programming & Software Development Qualität u. Zuverlässigkeit Quality & Reliability Softwareentwicklung Technische Zuverlässigkeit
"Thus, I highly recommend this book to undergraduate students andjunior researchers entering the reliability studies field. Thoughexperts may not find the book to be very interesting, they willlikely find it useful as a basis for lecturing, and as a goodsource of insightful, fundamental ideas." (Computing Reviews, 16May 2011)
"The book takes a very pragmatic approach of framing reliabilityand robustness as a functional aspect of a system so thatarchitects, designers, developers and testers can address it as aconcrete, functional attribute of a system, rather than anabstract, non-functional notion." (Forums Digital Media Net, 16March 2011)
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