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- [Instructor] While the server hardware requirements
are fairly loose, we do need to look at some of
the recommended specifications
to ensure that the server can read and process data
in a reasonable amount of time.
For this, the system guide provides a number of benchmarks
in the planning section.
I'll be focusing on computer requirements,
but please scan the rest of this section to ensure you don't
have special needs.
First, we need to choose a server
with the minimum amount of CPU Cores and RAM.
The document doesn't define a specific CPU,
but rather one that meets at least this PassMark rating,
which you can browse on cpubenchmark.net.
This recommendation is based on the larger of either
the number of tags, which we estimated to purchase a license
or the total number of devices.
At the low end, we can run on a device as small
as an integrated touchscreen PC,
but the largest projects will generally require
a large rack server.
If you have a system larger than this,
please contact Schneider Electric directly
as you may need to split the load among multiple servers.
While advanced reports is generally split off
onto its own server discussed later,
we do have estimated requirements
for systems running both projects on the same machine.
Client machines have virtually no hardware requirements
so long as they can run a modern web browser.
Disc storage requirements are split into two groups,
basic reports and advanced reports.
If you will be consuming historical data
using basic reports,
there are a few examples here in the system guide varying
the number of tags and how frequently they're being logged.
More important is this link to the disc sizing calculator,
which is a spreadsheet
to help you calculate your requirements.
I've already downloaded and opened this document.
For basic reports, we'll enter how long we want
to keep the data and the trend period.
15 minutes is the default, but there are situations
where you want to log more frequently.
We also need to estimate the number of trend tags
in the system.
You can estimate about 50% of your tags will be trended
as digital tags tend to only have alarms
and not all analog tags need trends.
However, if you have a project requirement
to trend all analog values or you just want
a more conservative estimate,
you may want to increase this number.
The next tab is for advanced reports.
If you're using standard Schneider Electric devices,
you can enter those device counts in this column.
At the bottom is a field for custom devices that works
the same as the previous tab.
Enter the number of trend tags and the trend frequency.
Once complete at the top,
you'll see the amount of database growth per year.
You can increase this database size to see how many years
of data can be stored.
Of course, both of these tabs are strictly
for the historical data growth and do not include disc space
for windows or the software installation.
You can estimate an extra 75 to 100 gigabytes
for that as well.
Back to the system guide.
We do recommend a gigabit ethernet connection if possible,
though it's not a hard requirement.
There is a list of supported windows versions
for the software and I do not recommend deviating
from this list
for web browsers,
we now support any modern HTML five compatible browser,
including those on tablets and phones.
The official list only shows Chrome,
Microsoft Edge and Firefox,
but you should be able to run others as well.
If you're running the advanced reports
and dashboards module,
you'll also require an installation of one of these versions
of Microsoft SQL Server.
There are many variations of SQL Server installs.
So in general, I refer you
to the Power Monitoring Expert System guide
for advanced reporting integration.
Finally, many systems these days are managed
in virtual environments.
We have validated Microsoft Hyper V
and VMware vSphere for this,
that we do not support dynamic resource allocation
at this time.
With that, you should be able to select a server
to meet your needs.
Please refer directly to the current system guide
for details as these are always changing
with new software versions.
Once your server has arrived,
you'll be able to install the software at last.
Until then, thank you.