Rockwell Automation 1757-SWKIT4000 ProcessLogix R400.0 Installation and Upgrade Guide - Manual (Page 226)

Publication 1757-IN040B-EN-P - March 2002
9-18 PC Performance for ProcessLogix Systems
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Number of Stations
– The Display update rate.
– Shared vs. local displays
– Chart Visualization
– The number of Parameters viewed (across all Stations) and
their Frequency of change.
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Frequency of Report Generation.
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Frequency of performed maintenance; ie defragmentation of the
disk.
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History Collection.
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Event Archiving.
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Server Synchronization with File Backup.
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Size of the system. (Also the size of ERDB for Process Systems.)
As your system is adjusted over time and customized to your Control
environment, you should utilize the techniques outlined in Section 6
to evaluate how your systems are performing and make adjustments
accordingly.
Topology Related Settings The types of configurations discussed in this section are not factored
in to the published performance specifications for the system.
Adjustments would have to be made accordingly.
Physical Location of the Systems
The location and distance between nodes becomes a factor when
determining the performance. The ProcessLogix R400.0 Servers are
designed to be within the same Network.
If "hops" are introduced, then you need to adjust the timing
parameters to the increase the time to perform such things as
synchronization. As tasks take longer to complete, they affect the
other functions of the system.
Station performance can be affected if it is running remotely. Navigate
in Knowledge Builder to Server and Client Installation Guide
for
setting up the Server to support these types of architectures. Monitor