Installation and Upgrade Guide Owner's manual

Publication 1757-IN040B-EN-P - March 2002
Performance and Capacity Specifications 11-7
Table 11.D Application RAM Usage
Application RAM Usage
Windows 2000 Applications
Explorer 8 MB
Computer Management
(1)
8 MB
Event Viewer 5 MB
Task Manager
(1)
2.5 MB
Internet Explorer 8 MB
NT Backup 6 MB
ProcessLogix Applications
Station
(2)
5 MB
Control Builder 20 MB
Fieldbus Library Manager 15MB
Network Tools
(3)
3 MB
Quick Builder
(3)
20 MB
DB Admin
(3)
10 MB
Import Export Tool
(3)
20 MB
Knowledge Builder Adds 2 MB on top of Internet Explorer
FieldBus: NIFB
(4)
8 MB
FieldBus: NI FBUS Configurator
(5)
13 MB
Other Applications
RSBizware Batch
(6)
128 MB
Microsoft Excel 7 MB
Microsoft Excel with Data Exchange 10 MB
Microsoft Word 13 MB
Upgrading Options
Non-Redundant to Redundant
ProcessLogix
32 MB
(7)
(1)
Application usage on Servers greatly effects the CPU resources. A CPU upgrade or platform upgrade
should be considered if your primary usage of the applications will be on the Servers. On Redundant
Systems, primary application usage should be on the Backup Server.
(2)
The Station application affects the Station and Server Node. The memory should be added on both
physical boxes per application. For example, if the Server is going to support 5 Stations, then you would
require an additional 25 MB (5 x 5).
(3)
These applications are more for configuration and typically are not run all the time. They represent a
one-time memory allocation when running. When considering additional RAM requirements, you should
only include those applications in which you intend to run on a daily or constant basis.
(4)
If NIFB is run on the Primary ProcessLogix Server or the Server is Non-Redundant, you are limited to only
8 Linking Devices.