SIMATIC system properties
Redundancy
SIMATIC system properties: Redundancy
Maximum availability – thanks to consistent redundancy concepts
Scalability
In any industry, downtimes in automation systems can lead to complicated restart procedures that can bring entire processes and production flows to a halt. Risk factors such as power failures, water damage, fires and lightning strikes, as well as system failures and operating errors, can significantly affect plant operation.
Consistent redundancy concept example: SIMATIC PCS 7
Siemens offers a consistent redundancy concept across the entire plant for critical applications that require high plant availability – at the field level, at the controller level, and at the management level.
Field-tested controllers, quick and smooth switchover, and event-driven synchronization ensure that your high-availability zone is absolutely reliable. The redundant system environment provides continuous plant availability and a high level of protection against system failure, and helps you maximize your productivity.
Your benefits at a glance
- Simple programming and configuration in the familiar STEP 7 or PCS 7 engineering environment
- Extremely efficient solutions - with scalable performance and a flexibly configurable level of redundancy
- No loss of data in the event of a fault - thanks to event-driven synchronization of the controllers as well as redundant servers (for batch processes, for example)
- Simple programming and configuration in the familiar STEP 7 engineering environment
- Smooth replacement of all components during ongoing operation
- Configuration changes during ongoing operation
- Maximum plant availability with early fault detection and integrated diagnostic options