Wonderware Hardware Requirements
Last updated: March 9th, 2025Description
- Author: Brian Schneider
- Published: March 9th, 2025
Details:
Problem Statement
Hardware Recommendations are usually not compiled together in the same location.
Solution Details
Software Requirements to be listed in a separate tech note.
Hardware Requirements by Installation Size
The following table lists the hardware requirements for the ArchestrA System Platform 2012 R2 software based on the size of the installation, applicable to both 32-bit and 64-bit systems. The Intel Itanium 2 processor is not supported.
This applies for the following products:
- Wonderware InTouch HMI
-
Wonderware Application Server
- Galaxy Repository
- Archestra Object Server
- Engineering Station / IDE
- Wonderware Historian Server
|
CPU (GHz) |
Cores (Minimum) |
RAM (GB) |
Storage (GB) (sufficient for 1 wk @ max frequency) |
Monitor Resolution |
Network (MBPS) |
|
|
Compact Installation (1 - 500 I/O per Node) |
2.8 | 1 | 1 | 30 | 1024x768 | 100 |
|
Small Installation (1 - 5K I/O per Node) |
2.8 | 1 | 1 | 30 | 1024x768 | 100 |
|
Medium Installation (5k - 50k I/O per Node) |
2.8 | 4 | 8 | 500 | 1280x1024 | 1000 |
|
Large Installation (50k - 400k I/O per Node) |
2.8 | 8 | 16 | 1000 | 1280x1024 | 1000 |
Hardware Requirements Notes:
- Windows 7 and Windows Server 2008 R2 operating systems and SQL Server versions impose hardware requirements that may exceed the minimum requirements for Wonderware Application Server 2012 R2 (v3.6). If you intend to install ArchestrA System Platform 2012 R2 on a computer running Windows 7, Windows Server 2008 R2, or supported SQL Server versions, see the following Microsoft Web sites for hardware requirements:
- Wonderware Historian 2012 R2 is not supported on cluster hardware.
- Do not use the Wonderware Historian computer as a domain controller, mail server, or an Internet server.
- If you are running the Wonderware Historian on a virtual server, the Historian must have adequate CPU, network, memory, and disk I/O resources at all times. Overloading the virtual server leads to unpredictable behavior.
- See the following sections for hardware requirements specific to Wonderware Historian Client, Wonderware Information Server, and for auxiliary hardware requirements.
Hardware Requirements: Wonderware Historian Client
The following table lists the hardware requirements for installing Wonderware Historian Client 2012 R2 (v10.1).
| Required Minimum | Recommended | |
| Processor | 1.2 GHz Pentium III |
Single CPU- 2 GHz or more |
| Memory, RAM | 512 MB | 1 GB or more |
| Free hard drive space | 55 MB | 55 MB or more |
Hardware Requirements: Wonderware Information Server
The following are the hardware requirements and recommendations for Wonderware Information Server 2012 R2 (v5.0).
| Required Minimum | Recommended | |
| CPU | 2.5 GHz Pentium 4 | 3.0 GHz Pentium 4 |
| Memory | 2 GB RAM | Greater than 2 GB RAM |
| Free hard drive space | 10 GB of free disk space | 20 GB or more of free disk space, depending on the number of InTouch HMI windows, ArchestrA Symbols, ActiveFactory Reports and ArchestrA Reports published to the site. |
| File system | NTFS | NTFS |
Hardware Requirements: Auxiliary
Alternative Authentication Using Smart Cards
- Smart Card: Raak Technologies C2-40 Mini Driver Smart Card
- Smart Card Reader: OK 3021 USB Smart Card Readers
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