I'm not expert on pricing, but I understand that a machine without the engineering tool license, the hosting license, and the visualization license is pretty inexpensive. Regards, Alex Johnson Invensys Systems, Inc. 10900 Equity Drive Houston, TX 77041 713.329.8472 (voice) 713.329.1700 (fax) 713.329.1600 (switchboard) alex.johnson@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx -----Original Message----- From: foxboro-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:foxboro-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Weiss, Andreas Sent: Saturday, February 25, 2006 1:21 PM To: foxboro@xxxxxxxxxxxxx Subject: Re: [foxboro] Conectivity between nodes > A fairly straightforward way around this is to host CSA on a=20 > workstation=20 > that is not a control station host and doesn't have a historian.=20 > Backups can be limited to an initial backup when the machine=20 > is built,=20 > and then just backup graphics and CSA without shuting the=20 > machine down. >=20 Hi Kevin, you are right! - installing a separate machine with only one purpose to host CSA - developing and testing a specific backup/restore procedure to minimize possibly downtime is the best way at this time. But it is not a cheap way. I think that the Foxboro sales represantative bundles this new machine with an additional Nodebus license what is really expensive.=20 I'll send him an email in the next minute to get an official offer. Andreas _______________________________________________________________________ This mailing list is neither sponsored nor endorsed by Invensys Process Systems (formerly The Foxboro Company). Use the info you obtain here at your own risks. Read http://www.thecassandraproject.org/disclaimer.html foxboro mailing list: http://www.freelists.org/list/foxboro to subscribe: mailto:foxboro-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx?subject=join to unsubscribe: mailto:foxboro-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx?subject=leave _______________________________________________________________________ This mailing list is neither sponsored nor endorsed by Invensys Process Systems (formerly The Foxboro Company). Use the info you obtain here at your own risks. Read http://www.thecassandraproject.org/disclaimer.html foxboro mailing list: http://www.freelists.org/list/foxboro to subscribe: mailto:foxboro-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx?subject=join to unsubscribe: mailto:foxboro-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx?subject=leave