To better understand our solutions, one might want to envision what a typical Distributed Control System
does.
A distributed control system
(DCS) is a digital automated industrial control system (ICS) that uses geographically distributed control loops throughout a factory, machine or control area. Unlike a centralized control system that operates all machines, a DCS allows each section of a machine to have its own dedicated controller that runs the operation. A DCS has several local controllers located throughout the area that are connected by a high-speed communication network. While each controller works autonomously, there is central supervisory control run by an operator.
Typical DCS environment include but not limited to Agriculture, Chemical plants, Petrochemical (oil) and refineries, Nuclear power plants, Water treatment plants, Sewage treatment plants, Food processing, Automobile manufacturing, Pharmaceutical manufacturing, Mining, Flight Simulation and Paper Industry.
The Database
is the key , a well-defined coordinated articulate database, seamless between devices.
Regular failure or unreliability of a
Database storage hardware is not acceptable and usually too costly to tolerate.
Given that much of the database in
Telecom class 5 Switches, Honeywell Measurex MXopen and
Rosemount RS3 still reside on large
tapes and SCSI disks, it has become a significant duty of ours to deliver solutions that replace the old storage media with solid state flash disk
technology with no moving parts.