Learn about Topology 4
- Last UpdatedApr 17, 2026
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- PI System
- PI Server 2018
- PI Server
Topology 4 is for small to medium-sized PI Systems that require high availability, and reside in a plant or on a single-site LAN-connected environment with an average use of event frames. The one you select is dependent on the number of events that your PI System is expected to handle:
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Topology 4A is recommended for systems that have between 5,000 and 20,000 events per second.
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Topology 4B is recommended for systems that have between 20,000 and 50,000 events per second.
Topology 4 installations require a minimum of five servers for high availability environments. The expectation is that there will also be one or more PI Vision servers implemented using a network load balancer.