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Definitions and Terminology

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availability



the property of being accessible and usable upon demand by an authorized entity

source: ISO27001, 2005


the property of being accessible and usable upon demand by an authorized entity [ISO/IEC 7498-2]

source: ISO13335-1, 2004


property of being accessible and useable upon demand by an authorized entity

source: ISO18028-2, 2006


ability of a component or service to perform its required function at a stated instant or over a stated period of time NOTE Availability is usually expressed as a ratio of the time that the service is actually available for use by the business to the agreed service hours.

source: ISO2000-1:2005


the ability of a component or a service to perform its required function at a stated instant or over a stated period of time

source: ITIL:Security Management:1999


(Service Design) Ability of a Configuration Item or IT Service to perform its agreed Function when required. Availability is determined by Reliability, Maintainability, Serviceability, Performance, and Security. Availability is usually calculated as a percentage. This calculation is often based on Agreed Service Time and Downtime. It is Best Practice to calculate Availability using measurements of the Business output of the IT Service.

source: ITIL v3, Service Operation, 2007


(Service Design) Ability of a Configuration Item or IT Service to perform its agreed Function when required. Availability is determined by Reliability, Maintainability, Serviceability, Performance and Security. Availability is usually calculated as a percentage. This calculation is often based on Agreed Service Time and Downtime. It is Best Practice to calculate Availability using measurements of the Business output of the IT Service.

source: ITIL v3, Service Design, 2007


(Service Design) Ability of a Configuration Item or IT Service to perform its agreed Function when required. Availability is determined by Reliability, Maintainability, Serviceability, Performance, and Security. Availability is usually calculated as a percentage. This calculation is often based on Agreed Service Time and Downtime. It is Best Practice to calculate Availability using measurements of the Business output of the IT Service.

source: ITIL v3, Service Transition, 2007


(Service Design) Ability of a Configuration Item or IT Service to perform its agreed Function when required. Availability is determined by Reliability, Maintainability, Serviceability, Performance, and Security. Availability is usually calculated as a percentage. This calculation is often based on Agreed Service Time and Downtime. It is Best Practice to calculate Availability using measurements of the Business output of the IT Service.

source: ITIL v3, Continual Service Improvement, 2007


(Service Design) Ability of a Configuration Item or IT Service to perform its agreed Function when required. Availability is determined by Reliability, Maintainability, Serviceability, Performance, and Security. Availability is usually calculated as a percentage. This calculation is often based on Agreed Service Time and Downtime. It is best practice to calculate Availability using measurements of the business output of the IT Service.

source: ITIL v3, Service Strategy, 2007



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