AVEVA Enterprise SCADA product suite structure

AVEVA Enterprise SCADA is a product suite of independently upgradable products from multiple silos.

To understand how the AVEVA Enterprise SCADA product suite is structured, it is important to understand the following terminology:

• A Release is a collection of multiple different Products.

• A Product can have multiple different Product Components.

• Those Product Components will be installed into multiple different Silos using Microsoft Installer (MSI) files.

  

Release — A collection of products that are released together as a single entity.

Product — A collection of features representing a software solution that meets customer business requirements.

Silo — A collection of folders on disk that represent the product install location (Install Root) and the customization location (Data Root).

Product Component — A collection of product files installed together into a single silo.

MSI — A Microsoft Installer (*.msi) file representing a single product component that will install the files into a single silo.