Licensing

This chapter describes the NGA license options and available package sizes.

The archiving is a part of WinCC OA. You can select between three different types of archiving:

  • NGA archiving: NGA is part of the basic WinCC OA runtime environment.
  • HDB archiving: HDB is part of the basic WinCC OA runtime environment.
  • RDB archiving: RDB can be added as a license option.

The following NGA license options are available:

NGA Basic1 NGA Standard package NGA Premium package NGA Backend Connection
Local InfluxDB® -
Archiving in a redundant system -
NGA Backend connection2 Not available 13 13 +1
Project size (PowerTags) Unlimited ≤ 150,000 Unlimited -
Archive Groups Limited4 Unlimited Unlimited -

1 - included in WinCC OA – Server Basic

2 - An NGA backend connection allows the operation of an additional backend both locally and remotely.

3 - Additional backends can be purchased separately. One freely usable NGA backend connection is included in the NGA Standard and NGA Premium license options.

Note: Other NGA Backend Connection license option entries - apart from those included or additionally purchased – are reserved for internal use and cannot be freely used.

4 - You can create up to 6 archive groups (5 EVENT groups and 1 ALERT group). The one ALERT group and one EVENT group are available by default).

Note: The NGA basic license does not allow remote scenarios from the NGA. The local operation of InfluxDB® is possible. The operation of further backends is not permitted. For scenarios, see chapter Deployment Scenarios.