This chapter tells you about RAM Commander, its purpose, its history and useful features.
RAM Commander (Reliability, Availability, Maintainability Prediction and Analysis) is a 32-bit integrated LAN-compatible Windows software package for:
| • | System structure definition, graphical presentation and impact; |
| • | Reliability, availability, and maintainability prediction; |
| • | Reliability and maintainability allocation with user-defined complexity factors; |
| • | Reliability and maintainability parameter trade-offs and optimization in accordance with multiple mission profile definitions such as environment, temperature and phase times for operating and non-operating phases; |
| • | Building, maintaining and evaluating functional reliability block diagrams using a graphical interface; |
| • | Reliability and availability estimation for a multitude of graphically presented system configurations. |
| • | A definition of derating guidelines and an analysis of the overstressed components; |
| • | Spare parts quantity estimation and optimizations; |
| • | Failure modes and effects criticality analysis (FMECA); |
| • | Process and Design FMEA; |
| • | Safety Analysis (including FHA, SSA, PHA, MMEL, SHA) |
| • | Automatic data validation and correction; |
| • | Generating professional reports. |
The partial list of RAM Commander customers is provided below:
