Nov 30, 2008 12:56
15 yrs ago
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French term
redondance chaude
French to English
Tech/Engineering
Electronics / Elect Eng
Rail (railway signalling)
systems of a railway signalling box. I can say nothing about ZZZA and ZZZB except that they are components of the box.
"Etape 1 : représente l’état du bandeau d’affichage lorsque ZZZA et ZZZB sont démarrés, ZZZA est normal (actif) et ZZZB est en secours (redondance chaude)."
"Etape 1 : représente l’état du bandeau d’affichage lorsque ZZZA et ZZZB sont démarrés, ZZZA est normal (actif) et ZZZB est en secours (redondance chaude)."
Proposed translations
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| 4 +2 | hot redundancy |
Tony M
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| 4 | active redundancy |
Bourth (X)
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| 3 +1 | hot/dynamic backup |
a05
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| 4 | hot stand-by |
polyglot45
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Proposed translations
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hot redundancy
It means that ZZZB is not only there as a back-up in case ZZZA fails, but it is actually switched on and wokring (i.e. 'hot') all the time, so it really is ready to take over instantaneously (very important in misison-critical devices!)
As I always feel 'redundancy' sits rather awkwardly in EN, you might care to consider the alternative (traditionally used by the BBC amongst others) of 'as a hot spare' — but this will involve your re-working the sentence a bit in order to fit it in.
As I always feel 'redundancy' sits rather awkwardly in EN, you might care to consider the alternative (traditionally used by the BBC amongst others) of 'as a hot spare' — but this will involve your re-working the sentence a bit in order to fit it in.
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Comment: "thanks very much"
49 mins
active redundancy
Meaning the redundant part is operating in parallel with the "main" part (or parts: there's full active redundancy, partial active redundancy, and conditional active redundancy). As opposed to "standby redundancy" where only one (of two, say) is operating, and the second only starts up AFTER the first has failed.
[from Reliability, Maintainability and Risk - Practical Methods for Engineers, David J. Smith, Butterworth-Heinemann]
[from Reliability, Maintainability and Risk - Practical Methods for Engineers, David J. Smith, Butterworth-Heinemann]
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49 mins
hot/dynamic backup
specially for those who frown at "redundancy" as a term.
The explanation (see link) is for data processing systems but the idea seems to be the same.
http://searchstorage.techtarget.com/sDefinition/0,,sid5_gci1...
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Note added at 50 mins (2008-11-30 13:46:59 GMT)
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A hot backup, also called a dynamic backup, is a backup performed on data even though it is actively accessible to users and may currently be in a state of being updated. Hot backups can provide a convenient solution in multi-user systems, because they do not require downtime, as does a conventional cold backup.
The explanation (see link) is for data processing systems but the idea seems to be the same.
http://searchstorage.techtarget.com/sDefinition/0,,sid5_gci1...
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Note added at 50 mins (2008-11-30 13:46:59 GMT)
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A hot backup, also called a dynamic backup, is a backup performed on data even though it is actively accessible to users and may currently be in a state of being updated. Hot backups can provide a convenient solution in multi-user systems, because they do not require downtime, as does a conventional cold backup.
Peer comment(s):
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Bourth (X)
: I'd associate "backup" more readily with standby redundancy..
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So would I but this source defines HOT backup as a separate case.
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| agree |
Tony M
: Yes, the only problem is that 'backup' itself appears immediatekly follwoing, so I was trying to find 2 different terms to use :-(
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Thanks, the more options the better
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polyglot45
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hot stand-by
or hot standby
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