Overview of the Server-to-Server Distributor
The Historian Server-to-Server distributor is used to send data from a smaller Historian server to a larger, centralized
Historian server. You can then use this data for reporting and analytics.
You can use either the Server-to-Server collector or the Server-to-Server distributor to send data to a central Historian. However, using the Server-to-Server distributor has the following advantages:
- It simplifies the process of configuring tags at the destination Historian.
- It provides more flexibility at the SCADA level for tag configuration compared to the Server-to-Server collector.
- It allows you to manage tags both from the source and destination Historian servers, whereas the Server-to-Server collector allows you to manage tags only from the destination Historian server.
Features
| Feature | Capability |
|---|---|
| Browse Source for Tags | Yes |
| Browse Source for Tag Attributes | Yes |
| Polled Collection | No |
| Minimum Poll Interval | No |
| Unsolicited Collection | Yes |
| Timestamp Resolution | Yes - 100 milliseconds |
| Data Compression | Yes |
| Accept Device Timestamps | Yes |
| Floating Data Point | Yes |
| Integer Data | Yes |
| String Data | Yes |
| Binary Data | No |
| Allows VB scripting | No |
| Python Expression Tags | No |
Limitations
- The Server-to-Server distributor forwards only raw data samples, messages, and alarms. It does not perform any calculations on the data.