What is meant by MTBF (mean time between failures)-a tech explanation

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MTBF (mean time between failures) is a measure of how reliable a hardware product or component is.

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For most components, the measure is typically in thousands or even tens of thousands of hours between failures. For example, a hard disk drive may have a mean time between failures of 300,000 hours. A desired MTBF can be used as a quantifiable objective when designing a new product.

The MTBF figure can be developed as the result of intensive testing, based on actual product experience, or predicted by analyzing known factors. The manufacturer may provide it as an index of a product’s or component’s reliability and, in some cases, to give customers an idea of how much service to plan for.

Most sources define this term to mean average time between failures .