Conversion MTBF to R(t)
Number of test specimen n
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Test duration T
hr
Number of failures r
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MTBF = n·T/r
hr
Failure rate λ = 1/MTBF
%
R(MTBF) = exp(-λt)
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R(0.5MTBF)
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t(R=0.95)/MTBF
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Mean Time Between Failure (MTBF) of Hard Disk Drives
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