MEAN TIME TO FAILURE

MTBF is a key reliability metric for systems that can be repaired or that
can be restored. MTTF is the expected time to failure of a system. Non-
repairable systems can fail only once, hence for non-repairable items,
MTTF is equivalent to its mean of its failure time distribution. Repairable
system can fail several times, while non-repairable can fail only once.
MTBF
x x
A B
MTTR MTTF MTTR

Point where Total time it Point where

a new part will take for the new part
is installed the part to fail will fail again

Time to repair
Point where the
Point where the 2nd failure occurs
1st failure occurs HENCE : MTBF = MTTR + MTTF