Reliability, Availability, Serviceability

Reliability, Availability, Serviceability

(system, design, hardware, software)(RAS) Three keyattributes of a computing system design. See reliability,availability, and serviceability.

The term "RAS" is fairly common in the computing industry(particularly computers and storage) as computing becomes morefundamental. For example, a vehicle may depend on dozens ofcomputers, and the consequences of the failure can besignificant (e.g., an ambulance's engine won't start).