
Chapter 9
Modeling and Optimizing Availability
of Non-Dedicated Resources
Artur Andrzejak
Heidelberg University, Heidelberg, Germany
Derrick Kondo
INRIA, Grenoble, France
9.1 Introduction . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 191
9.1.1 Problem of Individual Failures . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 192
9.1.2 Chapter Contents . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 194
9.2 Modeling Availability of Non-Dedicated Resources . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 194
9.2.1 Availability ...