2014/09/17

Longevity

Longevity - An availability requirement I rarely see... i.e. how long will the system need to run for before you expect it to be replaced or retired. For short term projects it's an obvious one, but for stuff we expect to last it seems we often default to forever...

Eternity is a very long time...
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