Buffering services

The PI System offers two services to implement buffering at interfaces:

• PI Buffer Subsystem (PIBufss)

• API Buffer Server (Bufserv)

PI Buffer Subsystem is the best option for most environments.

Use API Buffer Server only if one or more of the following conditions is true:

• The version of Data Archive receiving the buffered data is earlier than 3.4.375

• Your interfaces run on a non-Windows platform

If any of the above conditions apply to you, see the PI Buffering Manager Help (PIPC/HELP/BufferManager.chm) documentation for PI Server. Otherwise, use PI Buffer Subsystem.