Advanced Systems

An advanced system is defined by any of the following characteristics:

Custom measurement logging with <15-minute intervals
Custom applications using the VIP module
Power Quality Performance monitoring
Large number of concurrent users
High percentage of advanced level devices in the system
Large number of branch circuit monitor devices in the system
Large scale data exchange with third party systems (for example through OPC, ETL, or EWS)
Other resource intensive software systems installed on the same computer
Distributed Database architecture

Minimum recommended computer hardware for servers in Advanced Systems:

System Size

Devices

Users

OPC DA Tags

Computer Hardware

RAM

Standalone architecture

Distributed Database architecture - Application Server

Distributed Database architecture - Database Server

Small

≤ 100

≤ 15

5000

Workstation

Intel Xeon W-21xx (4 Core)*

16 GB

Medium

≤ 250

≤ 20

10000

Server

Intel Xeon Bronze (8 core)*

24 GB

16 GB

24 GB

≤ 600

≤ 35

30000

Server

Intel Xeon Silver (10 core)*

32 GB

24 GB

32 GB

Large

≤ 2500

≤ 50

50000

Server

Intel Xeon Silver (12 core)*

64 GB

32 GB

64 GB

*Equivalent or higher processor

System Size

Users

Response Time

OPC UA Server Tags

Computer Hardware

RAM

Standalone architecture

Distributed Database architecture - Application Server

Distributed Database architecture - Database Server

Large

≤ 50

~5 Seconds

50000

Server

Intel Xeon Silver (12 core)*

64 GB

32 GB

64 GB

1 Minutes

100000

Server

Intel Xeon Silver (12 core)*

64 GB

32 GB

64 GB

System Size

Users

Response Time

OPC UA Client Tags

Computer Hardware

RAM

Standalone architecture

Distributed Database architecture - Application Server

Distributed Database architecture - Database Server

Large

≤ 50

~2 Minutes

20000

Server

Intel Xeon Silver (12 core)*

64 GB

32 GB

64 GB

<10 Seconds

10000

Server

Intel Xeon Silver (12 core)*

64 GB

32 GB

64 GB