MTBF

/ˌɛm.tiː.biːˈɛf/ · Noun · Development · Origin: 1960

Definitions

  1. Mean Time Between Failures. The average time a repairable system operates between successive failures, calculated as total uptime divided by the number of failures.

    In plain English: How long a system typically runs between breakdowns. A higher number means the system is more reliable and breaks less often.

    Example: "Our MTBF for the payment service went from 72 hours to 30 days once we fixed that connection pool leak — we finally stopped getting paged every weekend."

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