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    AVEVA Historian

    Score9.6 out of 10
    N/AAVEVA Historian, formerly from Wonderware, is a time-series optimized data store, allowing the user to capture and store high-fidelity industrial big data, to unlock trapped potential for operational improvements.N/A

    InfluxDB

    Score8.8 out of 10
    N/AThe InfluxDB is a time series database from InfluxData headquartered in San Francisco. As an observability solution, it is designed to provide real-time visibility into stacks, sensors and systems. It is available open source, via the Cloud as a DBaaS option, or through an Enterprise subscription.N/A
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    InfluxDB
    Score8.8 out of 10
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    AVEVA HistorianInfluxDB
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    8.0
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    Likelihood to Renew
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    9.1
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    User Testimonials
    AVEVA HistorianInfluxDB
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    AVEVA
    Paired with Citect SCADA or System Platform, this is an excellent process historian. It also works well collecting OPC data. For basic data storage, retrieval, and analysis, this is well suited. This is not well suited for very large deployments. Multiple instances would need to be used to scale up, and the data fed into a second-tier/enterprise historian for corporate user consumption.
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    InfluxData
    InfluxDB is very good at storing monitoring metrics (e.g. performance data). InfluxDB is not the right choice if you need to store other data types (like plain text, data relations etc.).
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    Pros
    AVEVA
    • Data storage--multiple data sources stream data in real time; it is stored without issue
    • Data retrieval--small to moderate queries and trends are generally fast and efficient
    • Cost effectiveness--it is one of the cheaper (non-enterprise) historian offers and therefore is good value for money (with a reduced feature set)
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    InfluxData
    • Perfect handling telemetry data.
    • Low latency, near real time.
    • SQL-like language makes it easier to query.
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    Cons
    AVEVA
    • Query performance--for very long-term/large queries; the latest version which we are yet to commission has some improvements in this area
    • User interface--the trend, query, and Excel add-ins are basic and could do with a refresh; web-based clients are a paid add-on and less full featured, so not a true replacement
    • Connectivity--Wonderware System Platform driver packs are required for additional data source types, where native connectors are not provided by other products
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    InfluxData
    • GUI based administrator console
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    InfluxData
    InfluxDB is a near perfect product for time series database engines. The relatively small list of cons are heavily outweighed by it's ability to just work and be a very flexible and powerful database engine. The community and support provided by the corporation are the only areas I have little experience.
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    InfluxData
    We have worked with the InfluxDB support team a few times so far and it has been positive. Issues submitted are worked on promptly and we have good feedback.
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    Alternatives Considered
    AVEVA
    AVEVA Historian, formerly Wonderware, was the best of the process tier historians in terms of reliability and functionality. It is still under development and not a "dead" product. It is also more cost effective than the more full-featured enterprise historians, such as PI, which our organization is not yet ready for. The feature set is at the right cost level, coupled with current support, were the key factors in the decision.
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    InfluxData
    To be honest, I didn't look at alternatives since InfluxDB performs very well if you can oversee the lack of security and HA features. But for all challenges, there is an easy solution which brings you forward (e.g. read load balancing can be achieved by using a common HTTPS load balancer).
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    Return on Investment
    AVEVA
    • Increased efficiency, reduction in labour for preparing reports--data is available to be queried and reported with less effort
    • Increased production efficiency--near real-time data availability and comparisons to historical data has been used to make faster and better operational decisions
    • Increased reliability--data has been used for maintenance optimization and planning purposes
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    InfluxData
    • Provided us a time series DB.
    • With the SQL-like language, it is very easy to learn.
    • Empowered us to keep track of our events.
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