[Crawl-Date: 2026-04-23] [Source: DataJelly Visibility Layer] [URL: https://griffinitgroup.com/it-glossary/reliability-metrics] --- title: What Are Reliability Metrics? description: Quantitative measurements used to assess how consistently and dependably IT services perform over time. Common reliability metrics include Mean Time Betwe... url: https://griffinitgroup.com/it-glossary/reliability-metrics canonical: https://griffinitgroup.com/it-glossary/reliability-metrics og_title: What Are Reliability Metrics? og_description: Quantitative measurements used to assess how consistently and dependably IT services perform over time. Common reliability metrics include Mean Time Betwe... og_image: https://griffinitgroup.com/griffin-logo-og.png twitter_card: summary_large_image twitter_image: https://griffinitgroup.com/griffin-logo-og.png --- # What Are Reliability Metrics? > Quantitative measurements used to assess how consistently and dependably IT services perform over time. Common reliability metrics include Mean Time Betwe... --- Business Intermediate ## What Are Reliability Metrics? What Are Reliability Metrics? Reliability Metrics quantitative measurements used to assess how consistently and dependably IT services perform over time. Common reliability metrics include Mean Time Between Failures (MTBF), Mean Time to Repair (MTTR), availability percentage, error rate, and incident frequency. ## Why This Matters for Your Business Without reliability metrics, "the system is unstable" is an opinion. With them, you can quantify exactly how reliable your services are, track improvement over time, and make evidence-based decisions about where to invest in resilience — rather than relying on anecdotes and gut feelings. ## Looking for Reliability Metrics consulting? See how Griffin IT Group delivers reliability metrics as part of our Enterprise Technology Operations Centre. 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