Recommended Deployment Architecture to Maximize Application Performance

To achieve the best possible performance, AVEVA recommends configuring the application using a two-tier architecture.

1. Setup output folder path locations pointing to client workstation.

   

   

   Note: Two-tier architecture is fully compatible with multi-user shared projects.

2. To set up each workstation for a project with two tier configuration. Using the Project Wizard, create a new project pointing to a project folder on the local drive. For example:

   C:\Users\Public\Documents\AVEVA\AVEVA P&ID\12.2.SP2\Projects\<Project Name>

   

3. To setup the other workstations, login to the workstation and make sure the AVEVA P&ID base release with all its dependencies and the latest fixes is installed on the target workstation.

4. Create the same root folder structure setup as the first workstation.The administrator does not need to create sub folders.

5. Copy the PID.prjx file found at the first workstation project root folder.

6. Navigate to the Project Wizard, on the Project Details screen select Add Existing Project and click Next.

   

7. On the Project Name screen, select the required project and click Next.

   

8. On the Project Location screen, select the option to turn hardware acceleration off and click Next.

   

9. On the Confirm Action screen, click Next to add the project.

   

10. The Project Setup Status screen indicates that the project has been added successfully, click Finish.

    

11. The added project becomes available on the AVEVA P&ID application launcher.

    

12. To setup new workstations, repeat the instructions from Step 3.

Three-tier Architecture Configuration

Using the three-tier architecture generates more network traffic than the two-tier architecture and potentially delivers inferior performance.

The configuration deploys project data architecture storing a host database on an SQL server. The target location of drawings, symbols and other file deliverables is a shared middle tier machine. AutoCAD, AVEVA P&ID and the add in libraries are hosted on each of the user workstations.

Using this configuration, data flows in the following ways:

• Between the SQL server and the middle tier where drawings and symbols processed by AutoCAD are set.

• Between the middle tier and each user workstation deployed with the project.

• Between each user workstation and the SQL server.

  Note: To reduce network traffic and increase performance, the administrator must consider a mixed settings approach by locating ether drawings or symbols on a local workstation instead of the middle tier machine.