A parallel system of two identical units has been analyzed
stochastically using the ideas of preventive maintenance, replacement
and priority in repair disciplines. The unit has two modes-operative and
complete failure. A single server attends the system immediately to
repair the snags whenever occur during operation of the system. Server
conducts preventive maintenance of the system after a maximum operation
time‘t’ up-to which no failure occurs. However, repair of the unit is
done at its complete failure. And, the failed unit is replaced by new
one in case its repair is not completed by the server in a given maximum
repair time. Priority to repair is given to one unit over preventive
maintenance of the other unit. The unit works as new after preventive
maintenance and repair. The random variables associated with failure,
preventive maintenance, repair and replacement times are statistically
independent. The failure time and time by which unit under goes for
preventive maintenance and replacement follow negative exponential
distribution while the distributions for preventive maintenance, repair
and replacement rates are assumed as arbitrary with different
probability density functions. The semi-Markov process and regenerative
point technique are adopted to drive the expressions for some
reliability measures of vital significance. The behavior of mean time to
system failure (MTSF), availability and profit functions have been
observed graphically.