Chapter 4. Reliability, Availability, And Serviceability - IBM Power Systems E870 Technical Overview And Introduction

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Reliability, availability, and
Chapter 4.
serviceability
This chapter provides information about IBM Power Systems reliability, availability, and
serviceability (RAS) design and features.
The elements of RAS can be described as follows:
Reliability
Availability
Serviceability
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Indicates how infrequently a defect or fault in a server occurs
Indicates how infrequently the functioning of a system or application is
impacted by a fault or defect
Indicates how well faults and their effects are communicated to system
managers and how efficiently and nondisruptively the faults are
repaired
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