Re: [foxboro] Informix Historian vs AIM*

  • From: "Jaime Claramunt R. (Inforsa)" <jclaramunt@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
  • To: foxboro@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
  • Date: Thu, 27 Mar 2003 18:02:17 -0400

Alex,

And price for AIM* ????? 

Jaime Claramunt
INFORSA Paper Mill

> -----Mensaje original-----
> De:   Johnson, Alex (Foxboro) [SMTP:ajohnson@xxxxxxxxxxx]
> Enviado el:   jueves 27 de marzo de 2003 17:44
> Para: foxboro@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
> CC:   Barry, Brian
> Asunto:       Re: [foxboro] Informix Historian vs AIM*
> 
> 
> Re: The only advantage to us that I know of would be that AIM allows
> changes
> while still running.
> 
> Ouch!
> 
> Here are a few other items:
> 
> 1) Complete management of messages (Alarms, OAJ, SOE, Sequence Block, and
> SysMon) - recording, archiving, presentation of information (with
> AIM*Inform)
> 2) Much better archiving support
> 3) Much larger tag counts
> 4) Lower CPU consumption for reduction groups
> 5) OPC, ODBC, and OLE DB support
> 6) Growing suite of desktop applications
> 
> I think the message support is one of the key features of AIM*. 
> 
> Hope this helps.
> 
> 
> Alex Johnson
> Invensys Systems, Inc.
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> 
>  -----Original Message-----
> From:         Bakke, Richard A [mailto:rabakke@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] 
> Sent: Thursday, March 27, 2003 3:35 PM
> To:   foxboro@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
> Subject:      [foxboro] Informix Historian vs AIM*
> 
> 
> Asking for opinions concerning Informix vs AIM* Historian on 50-series:
>     Having AP20's through 51D's, we have always been using the Informix
> Historian.  We use it for trending (legacy Display Manager) and for
> reporting (via reduction groups).  Since this Informix Historian is also
> available at ver. 7 for the AW-51F we are planning to buy, is there a
> really good reason to switch to the AIM* Historian?  The cost to us
> would be learning new software and having the custom report package
> interface re-written.  The only advantage to us that I know of would be
> that AIM allows changes while still running.
> 
> Thanks,
> Rich Bakke
> Longview Fibre Co.
> 
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