service life

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Meta servers’ annualized failure rate is expected to go from 4.8% to 7.4% as a result of the lengthened service life, according to the memo.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 29, 2026

Much of the CalMac fleet is now beyond its expected service life.

From BBC • Nov. 6, 2024

The service life of these vessels is typically 20-30 years.

From Science Daily • Apr. 16, 2024

On the Antelope Valley Line, Metrolink will replace rail that’s reached the end of its service life; the older rail on the curvy route necessitate “slow orders,” which caused passenger delays.

From Los Angeles Times • Dec. 15, 2023

In less than one generation, in fewer years actually than the average sailor's service life, the Navy had made a complete about-face.

From Integration of the Armed Forces, 1940-1965 by MacGregor, Morris J.