You determine the size of an Historian Server as a function of the number of tags from which data is collected, the rate of alarm and event collection, and how often you intend to collect the data and how much data you want to keep online. The number of tags is an indicator of the number of concurrent users likely to access the system. The primary factor is server memory requirements; CPU load is a secondary factor. If the number of concurrent users is significantly different from the suggested guidelines, adjust server memory size accordingly.
The following recommended configurations may vary based on years of data online, update rate, data compression setting, and other tag configuration parameters.
Notes
- Historian Server runs only on 64-bit versions of Windows.
- When possible, for performance reasons, consider using computers with multiple disk drives so that archives and buffers can be given their own drive. Or, multiple data stores can each have their own drive.
- Sustained event rate is 18 million per minute.
- Historian supports Intel Core i3, i5, i7 Duo based processors as long as they are compatible with the operating system.
- Historian does not support Itanium processors.
The recommended configurations may vary based on years of data online, update rate, data compression setting, and other tag configuration parameters.
Recommended Historian Standard Edition Server with <10K Tags
| Tags | <10K |
| RAM (GB) | 8 GB/16GB (recommended for Single node setup) |
| Disk Size Required | 100 GB/250 GB (recommended) |
| Processor Type | Intel Core-i5, i7 family, or equivalent |
| CPU | Dual/Quad cores |
| CPU Speed (GHz) | 2.8 |
| Recommended CPU clock in Giga Hz | 2.8 |
| Operating System | Windows 7 (64-bit) or Windows Server 2008 (64-bit) or Windows 2012 Server R2 or Windows 2016 Server or Windows 2019 Server. |
| Storage Type | SAS SSD with RAID Level 0 Configured |
| Years of data online | 1 year |
Recommended Historian Standard Edition Server with 10K - 50K Tags
| Tags | 10K to 50K |
| RAM (GB) | 16 GB / 32 GB (recommended) |
| Disk Size Required | 250 GB |
| Processor Type | Intel Core-i5, i7 family, or equivalent |
| CPU | Dual/Quad cores |
| CPU Speed (GHz) | 2.8 |
| Recommended CPU clock in Giga Hz | 2.8 |
| Operating System | Windows 7 (64-bit) or Windows Server 2008 (64-bit) or Windows 2012 Server R2 or Windows 2016 Server or Windows 2019 Server. |
| Storage Type | SAS SSD with RAID Level 0 Configured |
| Years of data online | 1 year |
Recommended Historian Standard Edition Server with 100K to 1 Million Tags
| Tags | 100K to 1 Million |
| RAM (GB) | 16 GB / 32 GB (recommended) |
| Disk Size Required | 250 GB |
| Processor Type | Intel Xeon (56xx, E5 family or AMD Opteron 42xx/62xx family) |
| CPU | Dual/Quad cores |
| CPU Speed (GHz) | 2.8 |
| Recommended CPU clock in Giga Hz | 2.8 |
| Operating System | Windows Server 2008 R2 or Windows 2012 standard (64-bit) or Windows 2012 Server R2 or Windows 2016 Server or Windows 2019 Server. |
| Storage Type | Direct attached or shared storage with SAS enterprise class drives. Hardware RAID controller with cache memory. SAN recommended over NAS |
| Years of data online | 1 year |
Recommended Historian Standard Edition Server with 1 Million to 2 Million Tags
| Tags | 1 Million to 2 Million |
| RAM (GB) | 16 GB / 32 GB (recommended) |
| Disk Size Required | 500 GB |
| Processor Type | Intel Xeon (56xx, E5 family or AMD Opteron 42xx/62xx family) |
| CPU | 2-Socket |
| CPU Speed (GHz) | 2.6 |
| Recommended CPU clock in Giga Hz | 2.6 |
| Operating System | Windows Server 2008 R2 or Windows 2012 standard (64-bit) or Windows 2012 Server R2 or Windows 2016 Serveror Windows 2019 Server. |
| Storage Type | Direct attached or shared storage with SAS enterprise class drives. Hardware RAID controller with cache memory. SAN recommended over NAS |
| Years of data online | 1 year |
Recommended Historian Standard Edition Server with 2 Million to 5 Million Tags
| Tags | 2 Million to 5 Million |
| RAM (GB) | 32 GB / 64GB |
| Disk Size Required | 500 GB |
| Processor Type | Intel Xeon (56xx, E5 family or AMD Opteron 42xx/62xx family) |
| CPU | 2-socket or 4-socket |
| CPU Speed (GHz) | 2.6 |
| Recommended CPU clock in Giga Hz | 2.6 |
| Operating System | Windows Server 2008 R2 or Windows 2012 standard (64-bit) or Windows 2012 Server R2 or Windows 2016 Server or Windows 2019 Server. |
| Storage Type | High speed shared storage with SAS or SSD drive types. Hardware RAID controller with cache memory. SAN recommended over NAS. |
| Years of data online | 1 year |