Minimum Hardware Requirements for a Standard Historian

Table 1. Historian Server
Hardware Component	Requirement
CPU speed, processor type, and RAM	A 2.4 GHz clock-speed Intel Core i3 or i5 or i7 CPU or an equivalent AMD Phenom CPU with a 8 GB RAM for a 64-bit Historian server.
Disk size	An 80 GB free hard-drive space for the data archives, message files, buffer files, and log files used by the system.
Other requirements	A DVD-ROM drive. 100 Mbps TCP/IP-compatible network interface adapter for network communication and certain I/O drivers.

Table 2. Data Collector Node
Hardware Component	Requirement
CPU speed, processor type, and RAM	A 2.0 GHz clock-speed Intel Core i3 or i5 or i7 CPU or an equivalent AMD Phenom CPU with a 2 GB RAM.
Disk size	A 40 GB free hard-drive space to store buffer data.
Other requirements	A DVD-ROM drive. A TCP/IP-compatible network interface adapter for network communication and certain I/O drivers.

Microsoft Windows Server

Many desktop-class computers are not certified to run Windows. Check the Microsoft website and your computer hardware vendor website for possible conflicts between your hardware and Windows server. These specifications are sufficient to meet the needs of a small pilot application. However, production system requirements may be significantly different depending on many application-specific factors. Please contact your product manager to review the requirements of your application.

Table 3. Microsoft Cluster Service
Hardware Component	Requirement
CPU speed, processor type, and RAM	A 2.6 GHz clock-speed Intel Core i3 or i5 or i7 or Xeon or equivalent AMD Opteron CPU with minimum 8 GB RAM.
Disk size	A 80 GB free hard-drive space and a 40 GB shared SCSI hard-drive (RAID preferred).
Other requirements	Two 100Mbit TCP/IP-compatible network interface adapters for network communication and certain I/O drivers (One for public network, another for private network).

Note: The configuration of each server added to the cluster must be identical to the other servers in the cluster.

Table 4. Data Mirroring and Redundancy Service
Hardware Component	Requirement
Operating system	A 64-bit Windows operation system.
RAM	Minimum 8 GB RAM. Note: If you are using single node setup, it is recommended to use 32 GB RAM.
Processor type	A dual core processor.

Ensure that you are using the same hardware requirement for the mirror node as well.

Network Speed

For a large Configuration Hub setup, it is recommended that the network speed is 1 GBPS.

Note:

If you are using a single node setup, then it is recommended to use 32 GB RAM.
Ensure that you are using the same hardware requirement for the mirror node as well.
You must have a minimum of 10 GB free space available for the data archiver to start.
Many desktop-class computers are not certified to run Windows server. Check the Microsoft website and your computer hardware vendor website for possible conflicts between your hardware and Windows server. These specifications are sufficient to meet the needs of a small pilot application. However, production system requirements may be significantly different depending on many application-specific factors. Please contact your product manager to review the requirements of your application.