Combined reliability test for software-hardware system

Abstract

In the traditional reliability test for system, the reliability of software is usually regarded as “1”, therefore the software and hardware correlated failures cannot be motivated, which lead to the inaccuracy of the reliability evaluation result. An approach of combined reliability test for software-hardware system is proposed in this paper. The combined reliability test profile for software-hardware system is structured primarily, then the comprehensive environment stress test and software reliability test are conducted integratedly, which depicts the actual serve condition of the software-hardware system. Some software and hardware correlated failures can be found in the process of the combined test, which contribute a lot to the accuracy of the system reliability evaluation.