Error Rate
Error rate measures failures on a request-count basis.
Error Rate
Reliability · 2 inputs
How to use this calculator
- Enter failed requests in count.
- Enter total requests in count.
- Select Calculate and keep the output unit with the answer.
Before you use the answer
Write down whether a size uses decimal or binary prefixes and whether a rate counts bits or bytes. Compare the same system boundary on both sides of a performance calculation. Measured throughput is usually a more useful planning input than the maximum number on a product label.
Agree on which status codes or outcomes count as failures before using the metric.
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Why might a result be approximate?
Measurement uncertainty, ideal-model assumptions and floating-point rounding can all matter. Displaying more digits does not improve the original measurement.
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