NDLI: Effects of Soft Error to System Reliability

Content Provider	IEEE Xplore Digital Library
Author	Lei Xiong Qingping Tan Jianjun Xu
Copyright Year	2011
Abstract	Soft errors on hardware could affect the reliability of computer system. To estimate system reliability, it is important to know the effects of soft errors to system reliability. This paper explores the effects of soft errors to computer system reliability. We propose a new approach to measure system reliability for soft error factor. In our approach, hardware components reliability is concerned first. Then, system reliability which shows the ability to perform required function is concerned. We equal system reliability to software reliability based on the mechanism that soft errors affect system reliability. We build a software reliability model under soft errors condition. In our software model, we analyze the state of software combining with the state of hardware. For program errors which are resulted from soft errors, we give an analysis of error mask. These real errors which could lead to software failure are distinguished. Finally, our experiments illustrate our analyses and validate our approach.
Starting Page	204
Ending Page	209
File Size	626803
Page Count	6
File Format	PDF
ISBN	9781612848297
DOI	10.1109/WAINA.2011.108
Language	English
Publisher	Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers, Inc. (IEEE)
Publisher Date	2011-03-22
Publisher Place	Singapore
Access Restriction	Subscribed
Rights Holder	Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers, Inc. (IEEE)
Subject Keyword	Computers fault tolerance Computational modeling Measurement uncertainty system reliability software reliability model Hardware Software Software reliability soft errors
Content Type	Text
Resource Type	Article

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