Recording measurement

data and events and

making them available
immediately
ibaHD-Server

ibaHD-Server
HD Historical data available immediately

Measurement Systems for Industry and Energy

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ibaHD-Server

Historical data available immediately

ibaHD-Server allows you to continuously record

data acquired with ibaPDA. Find events from
the past with a mouse click, navigate and zoom
quickly from the year, month or week view into
the milliseconds range. Use ibaHD-Server to
analyze your data over a long period of time and to
automatically create day, shift or monthly reports.

Continuous data recording

At a glance over long periods of time
› Continuous recording of measured data and events over a long time Thanks to its ability to store
period measure­ment data continu-
› Simultaneous recording from several ibaPDA systems and import of ously over long periods of time,
measurement files ­ibaHD-­Server offers unique oppor-
› Direct access to historical data with intuitive use for visualization, tunities for analysis for different
such as scrolling, jumping to a date data and requirements as a central
› Quick zoom function from the annual, monthly or weekly overview and open data platform.
down to the range of milliseconds
› Display and filtering of historical events and joint visualization with Not only can time-based measure-
measurement data ment data from ibaPDA be stored
› Long term analysis of historical data with ibaAnalyzer and ibaDaVIS in the ibaHD-Server, but configu-
› Automatic calculation of KPIs and automatic reporting with rable events as well as comments
ibaDatCoordinator and ibaAnalyzer and calculated KPIs (Key Perfor-
› API for access to historical data from 3rd party applications mance Indicators) can also be
stored.

Production Product 1 P2 P3 P4 P5 P6

Data recording time

Measurement
.dat

data
Data file
.dat .dat .dat .dat .dat .dat .dat .dat .dat .dat

time-based
Measurement
data
.dat

Data file
product-related .dat .dat .dat .dat .dat .dat

(triggered)
temp tool change temp temp
HD events
HD Measurement
data KPI set P 1 P2 P3 P4 P5 P6
Continuous Offline events
ibaHD-Server

The graphic illustrates the principle of time-based and product-related (triggered) data storage in measurement files, c­ ompared
to continuous recording with ibaHD-Server. In ibaHD-Server, measurement data, online events and offline events can be stored and
the data can be interactively or automatically evaluated based on different criteria in a time or event-based manner.

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 Online visualization Data stores Automatic Processing

ibaPDA client as ibaHD client ibaHD-Server ibaDatCoordinator

HD HD

HD HD

Ethernet TCP/IP

ibaPDA 1 ibaPDA 2 ibaPDA 3 ibaAnalyzer

Data acquisition Offline analysis

Several ibaPDA servers can write to different HD data stores of an ibaHD-Server.

Event HD data stores can receive data from multiple clients (ibaPDA, ibaDatCoordinator), such as offline events.

Events, such as the start and end are interested in the displays. For cians, especially in continuous
of a production unit, exceeding example, several locally recorded processes such as paper produc-
limit values, etc. can be marked plants, machines or components tion, product refinement, casting
precisely in time and written in the can be visualized and compared processes or in the energy sector.
ibaHD-Server. Events can also be together.
used for delimiting and finding cer- Rapid access to events in the past
tain measurement data. In addition Visualization from the Messages for product changes
you can also save processed data annual overview down to or noticeable process conditions
or calculated characteristic values the milliseconds range can be defined as events and
in the ibaHD-Server together with Thanks to the special storage stored in the ibaHD-Server. The
the events. principle for measurement data events are controlled by trigger
in ibaHD-Server, it is possible to conditions and they can be sup-
Global database allows a display the measured signals over plemented with information about
comprehensive process image the entire acquisition period in one the current state from text signals
This means that measurement sig- trend view in the ibaPDA client or or directly from measurement
nals from live processes together in the trend view in ibaAnalyzer. signals from ibaPDA server.
with values from post-processing
are directly available in a global With a simple zoom function, the The events are displayed in the
database over a long period of time displayed time section can be ibaPDA client in the filterable event
and open up completely new analy- quickly resolved down to months, table. By means of targeted que-
sis opportunities. weeks, days or even milliseconds. ries, e. g. using a keyword search,
Thus, suddenly occurring irreg- you can rapidly localize certain
Since data from the entire plant
ularities in a continuous process events from the past and examine
can be stored centrally from differ-
can be detected as well as slowly the circumstances in more detail.
ent places and measurement files
developing trend deviations. For example: When did a signal
can be imported from decentral
exceed a certain thresh­old? When
ibaPDA systems, ibaHD-Server Long-term recording of measure­
was new material fed in? When has
also offers a comprehensive image ment data with ibaHD-Server
a production unit been finished?
of the processes. You can choose offers far-reaching analysis
exactly the time periods and opportunities, for example for If you click on an event in the event
measurement data in which you maintenance or process techni- table, the associated measurement

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Additional information,
such as images, com- By means of several filter functions,
ments or reports can be you can quickly find events of the past
added to the event table. in the event table. Clicking on the event
displays the signal trends configured for
this purpose at the time of the event.

Measurement signals
can be enlarged from
the overview of the entire
recording period down to
the milliseconds range.

data and saved videos at the time Video images extend the data backup can be automat-
of the event are immediately shown. analysis options ed or manually done according to
The combination of HD trend view The combination of historical data custom parameters. A full backup
and event table provides easy and and video images expands the includes the entire HD store, while
effective navigation between prod- possibilities for analyzing pro- a differential backup includes
ucts or registered process states. cesses or failures. Video images the last part of the HD store
provide additional visual infor- that has not yet been archived.
Attach additional information mation wherever processes are
The backups are primarily used
difficult to measure or cannot be
directly at the origin time as a backup copy and can be
reliably detected by sensors.
Pre-defined or free texts can be restored if required. ­However,
placed as annotations in the HD Now it is possible to synchronize existing backup data can al-
trend view. This means additional the recording of historical data with so be attached to ­existing HD
information can be documented video recordings in ibaCapture. In stores and is then available
with the correct time and also ibaAnalyzer, historical data and vid- there for additional analysis.
supplemented by images, PDF eo sequences can then be viewed
and evaluated synchronously - The data storage in ibaHD-­
documents or other files.
precisely to the sample. As a result, Server complies with the ring
In the event table, annotations correlations can often be identified storage principle, so that the
can be displayed, sorted, filtered more quickly and troubleshooting oldest data is overwritten by
or searched specifically. The can be carried out more efficiently. new data. An attached back­
annotations are immediately up is not overwritten and can be
visible to other users. They facil- More than saving data used as a reference data set for
itate navigation, for example, for with backups a comparison when replacing
commented product changes or The backup function offers flexi- legacy systems, for example.
the laboratory report submitted ble options for individual backup
subsequently for a particular batch. strategies for HD stores. In this way,

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Central management and configuration

Configure
HD stores

Create, restore, attach

and mount backups

Import iba data files Administration &

HD
configuration
User management

SNMP
ibaHD-Manager ibaHD-Server

Convenient administration This way, the ibaHD-Server can ically. ibaDatCoordinator is

with ibaHD-Manager be used as a higher level sys- easy to configure and relieves
The ibaHD-Manager is used for tem for data storage from dif- the user of routine tasks.
diagnostics, administration and ferent plants of one factory.
configuration of the ibaHD-Server User management
service as a central management Simply import data files In order to protect the data in
tool. It provides status information Measurement files in DAT format
ibaHD-Server against unauthorized
about the active HD clients and created with ibaPDA can be in-
access, the user management
HD stores, such as the number tegrated into an HD store via an im-
offers the possibility to assign
of signals and disk space. In port process. For this purpose it is
authorizations to individual users.
addition, the HD stores can be possible to import data files or en-
tire data file directories into an HD The permissions, for example,
configured, projects managed,
backups created and data files store and measurement data can concern the configuration of the
imported in the ibaHD-Manager. be entered with the correct time. ibaHD-Server, read and write rights
for individual HD stores, config-
This means that data files com-
One single server for more uration of HD stores, creating
ing from older inventories can be
than one HD data store backups from HD data or restor-
merged into one HD store so that
One ibaHD-Server can be used this data can be accessed directly. ing HD data from the backup.
for administrating more than one
HD store. Both the time-based In addition, data files can be
SNMP
and length-based recording of imported, which were recorded
ibaHD-Server has an integrated
signals as well as the recording by several independent ibaPDA
SNMP server and can be in-
of event messages are treated systems (e. g. with ibaDAQ on
cranes or conveyor vehicles). In tegrated into a company-wide
like the recording of a measure-
this way, measurement data from network management system
ment file in ibaPDA. An ibaPDA
several independent systems can according to the SNMP protocol.
system can supply several HD
be accessed jointly to visualize SNMP protocols V1, V2c and V3
stores on the same or on different
the data together, to analyze it are supported. The SNMP server
ibaHD-Servers with data. Like-
or to display the data in a report provides by default information
wise, several ibaPDA systems
(shift, day or monthly report). about the license, ibaHD-Server
can write their data to the same
ibaHD-Server, but in different HD Using the software service, HD stores, reading and
stores. Events from several ibaPDA ibaDatCoordinator, you can writing clients as well as backups.
server systems can be merged even automate the import of
in a single event HD data store. measurement files automat-

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Tailor-made analyses of HD data

Interactive analysis HD backup

with ibaAnalyzer HD
Data from ibaHD-Server can be
conveniently retrieved, displayed (without ibaHD
client license)
and analyzed with the ibaAnalyzer
analysis program. It is just as
easy to access HD data as it is
HD
to open a measurement file.

The big advantage of ibaHD-­Server HD store

is that the aggregated data can
be displayed over a larger ­period Productive PC with Analysis PC
ibaHD-Server license
of time than is possible with
measurement files - for ex-
ample over a week, a month or that the data is available up to the a result where a corresponding
even longer period of time. highest resolution in ibaAnalyzer. rolling force exceedance occurred.
The signals and events of the found
The data can be easily selected
using markers in a preview or Searching signal conditions occurrences can be extracted into
directly by specifying the time pe- It is also possible to search signal measurement files and processed
riod. Depending on the time period conditions in any given time period further. The rolling forces of
selected, the matching aggregation and, for example, to find outliers different products can then be
level is selected automatically. and limit value exceedances. When superimposed and compared.
searching, several conditions
You can calculate statistical values
can be linked with AND or OR in License-free offline analysis with
over the selected time period as
ibaAnalyzer to search complex con- backups
well as identify long-term trends.
ditions as well. It is also possible Backups generated with
Despite the aggregation, outliers
to search for events and to query ibaHD-Server can be read and
can also be detected due to the
event parameters, such as the analyzed with ibaAnalyzer for free
so-called sub-signals minimum
product number or alarm values. without a license. In this way, you
and maximum added to each signal
in the HD stores. If data is to be A practical example is searching can analyze HD data independent-
examined in detail, e. g. irregu- for a signal, here the rolling force ly of the productive system. Very
larities in a production shift, then exceedance, in a specified time long periods of time can also be
the drill down function ensures period. All points are displayed as analyzed with attached backups.

Query of time series and events Query when using signal conditions

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Automatically post-process HD data
and extract information
HD data can be ­automatically ibaHD-Server
processed with the software ibaDatCoordinator
ibaDatCoordinator. A time HD HD HD request
period can be configured in .dat

ibaDatCoordinator for which the Offline events

HD HD
data from ibaHD-Server is to be
read and processed. Based on the
HD data, so-called offline events ibaDatCoordinator can be used to save calculated KPIs as so-called offline events
can also be generated or the data in the ibaHD-Server, but HD queries can also be automatically executed.

can be processed like measure-

ment files, for example to calculate
characteristic values (KPIs) and Automatic characteristic value characteristic values can then be
extract these KPIs into databas- calculation and reporting loaded into external databases with
es or to use them in reports. ibaHD-Server offers the major ibaAnalyzer-DB
ibaPDA 1 or used in time-
advantage that measurement based reports with ibaAnalyzer-­
Generate offline events data can be accessed over a long Reportgenerator. In this way, auto­
The ibaDatCoordinator software Offline-
period of time Ereignisse
on a time basis matic reports can be created for
can generate so-called offline without opening several mea- HD
a shift, a day or a month, such as
events during post-processing on surement files, or that only time energy and consumption reports.
the basis of data files or HD data. ranges of a measurement file
Calculated process parameters ibaDatCoordinator HD Moreover, reports can also be
can be taken into consideration.
or product and batch informa- configured based on HD events.
tion are stored as offline events Characteristic values can therefore Whenever an event occurs and is
ibaPDA 2
in the event-based HD store. be easily calculated over any con- saved in ibaHD-Server, an event-
figurable periods of time, such as based report is automatically
The offline events can be dis- a shift, day, week or month. These created, such as an error report.
played, evaluated and used in
reports together with the data
acquired online with ibaPDA.

ibaHD-Server makes it possible

to jointly store high-resolution
real-time data and calculated
characteristic values that were
configured in ibaDatCoordinator.

Example of automatically created time-related reports

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Open data platform for any type of
data analysis

External analysis,
machine learning,
data scientists, etc.

ibaDaVIS
HD-API

HD

ibaPDA ibaAnalyzer

Access to HD data with The programming interface is Analyzing HD data ­web-based

customer-specific systems based on the gRPC framework and with ibaDaVIS
The product ibaHD-Server-V2-API- offers tools to generate client code The programming interface
Read is a programming interface for different programming languag- ibaHD-Server-V2-API-Read is used
(API: Application Programming es, such as Android Java, C# / .NET, internally at iba to analyze and
Interface) that can be used to query C++, Go, Java, Kotlin/JVM, Node.js, visualize data from ibaHD-Server
historical data and events from the in ibaDaVIS. ibaDaVIS makes it
Objective-C, PHP, Python. Pro-
HD stores by external systems. possible to visualize and analyze
gramming examples for selected
process data and characteris-
The API enables custom systems languages are available by request.
tic values in the web browser.
and users such as data scientists
ibaHD-Server-V2-API-Read is
to flexibly read stored signals and The entire functionality of
licensed separately. The prereq-
events. The database available in ­ibaDaVIS can also be applied
ibaHD-Server can thus be used uisite is an ibaHD-Server license.
on time-based or event-based
for modeling, machine learning, The number of clients connect-
data from ibaHD-Server. This also
benchmarking, anomaly detection, ed via the API or the number requires a license for the API.
etc. It is possible to access exactly of queries are not limited.
those time periods that are needed
for the respective requirement.

Event table and trend viewer of HD data in ibaDaVIS

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Modular Product Design must suitably matched to each Requirements:
The basic licenses for ibaHD-Serv- other. In principle, it is prefera- › ibaPDA (v7.2.0 or higher)
er are graded according to the ble to use a physical machine for › Operating system: Windows
number of signals and comprise operating ibaHD-Server, because 7, 8, 8.1 or 10 (32/64 Bit),
one ibaHD-Server, two HD data the algorithms for data storage ­Windows 11 (64 Bit), Windows
stores and two HD clients. The and management are highly Server 2008 (32/64 Bit), 2012,
licensed HD data stores can optimized regarding the use of 2016, 2019 or 2022 (64 Bit).
be used for time-, length- or dedicated hardware. The hardware › .NET-Framework
event-based HD data stores. can also be better tailored to the 4.5.2.NET-Frame-
requirements of ibaHD-Server. work 4.5.2 or higher
For a further extension, licens-
› Computer equipment accord-
es are available for further HD That is why ibaRackline-PC HD is
ing to the requirements of
data stores (on the same server) equipped with an NVMe SSD by
the recording (number of the
and further HD clients which default, which can be configured
measuring channels, sampling
allow the access from several as a so-called intermediate store.
cycle, volume of the archive)
clients to the historical data of an This performance does not exist to
› Analyzing with ibaAnalyzer
ibaHD-Server. For each worksta- the same extent if ibaHD-Server
v7.0.0 or higher
tion that is supposed to display is operated in virtualized environ-
› Analysis and visualization
historical data, an ibaHD-Server ments. We can help you to find the
of HD data with ­ibaDaVIS
client license and the ibaPDA right configuration for your tasks.
v2.8.0 or higher
client software are necessary.
For virtualized environments, iba
offers the ability to provide the You can find additional information about
Virtualized environment hardware dongle and therefore the the computer and the USB dongle server
and ibaHD-Server ibaHD-Server license to the virtual in the brochure“Powerful industrial PCs,
PC connections, FO infrastructure"
ibaHD-Server can be operated in a ibaHD-Server with the USB dongle
virtualized Windows PC. The per- server. Please contact our support
formance capability of the virtual or A&C team for more informa-
machine and the data volume to be tion about the available options.
processed by the ibaHD-­Server

ibaRackline-PC HD

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Recommendations for operating ibaHD-Server
on physical servers or virtual machines

Baseline › Disk space: depending on › Number of signals per time-

› Operating system: Windows ≥10 number of signals and storage based HD data store: max. 16000
or Windows Server ≥ 2016 period1 signals (all combinations of
› Processor: 2 core + 1 core per analog and digital signals)
HD data store; > 2 GHz Maximum ibaHD- Server › Number of signals per event HD
› RAM: min. 8 GB + 2 GB per configuration data store: max. 16000 events
HD data store (Recommendation for one › Number of signals per alarms
› Intermediate store: Always flash ibaHD-Server computer) and events HD data store:
on local machine. No network › Data storage: max. 32 HD data max. 100000 signals
storage. See the table below stores
for examples of recommended › Overall number of signals: max.
buffer size. 32000 signals (all combinations
› ibaHD store: Preferably flash. of analog and digital signals
Local or network drive in RAID. excluding events)
1
The given disk storage size are net sizes, this means that the real storage systems should have
more capacity to avoid loss of performance related to internal organizational processes

Estimation of storage capacity

Number of signals Resolution Occupied storage2
Recording time Recording time Recording time
24 h 7 days 30 days
100 analog 100 ms 0.5 GB 3 GB 14 GB
100 analog 10 ms 4.5 GB 31 GB 135 GB
100 analog 1 ms 45 GB 310 GB 1350 GB
100 digital 100 ms 10 MB 50 MB 200 MB
100 digital 10 ms 30 MB 160 MB 660 MB
100 digital 1 ms 100 MB 650 MB 2650 MB
10 events 1 event per 100 MB (864000 registered 780 MB 3 GB
second events)
2
The values shown here for the occupied storage capacity are synthetically determined. For the estimation, test s­ ignals
were used that can only be slightly compressed in ibaHD-Server with the compression algorithms. In real operation, the
­compression algorithms are very effective and far less storage capacity is needed for analog or digital signals.

Recommendations for the size of the intermediate store

Use case 1
1 time-based HD data store, 1000 signals 50 GB
Use case 2
2 time-based HD data stores, 1500 signals each 2x 100 GB
+ 3 time-based HD data stores, 2000 signals in total 3x 50 GB
+ 1 event HD data store 50 GB
∑ 400 GB

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Order information
ibaHD-Server

30.800064 ibaHD-Server-64 Basic license ibaHD-Server for 64 tags (signals),

including 2 HD clients and 2 HD stores
30.800128 ibaHD-Server-128 Basic license ibaHD-Server for 128 tags (signals),
including 2 HD clients and 2 HD stores
30.800256 ibaHD-Server-256 Basic license ibaHD-Server for 256 tags (signals),
including 2 HD clients and 2 HD stores
30.800512 ibaHD-Server-512 Basic license ibaHD-Server for 512 tags (signals),
including 2 HD clients and 2 HD stores
30.801024 ibaHD-Server-1024 Basic license ibaHD-Server for 1024 tags (signals),
including 2 HD clients and 2 HD stores
30.802048 ibaHD-Server-2048 Basic license ibaHD-Server for 2048 tags (signals),
including 2 HD clients and 2 HD stores
30.804096 ibaHD-Server-4096 Basic license ibaHD-Server for 4096 tags (signals),
including 2 HD clients and 2 HD stores
30.808192 ibaHD-Server-8192 Basic license ibaHD-Server for 8192 tags (signals),
including 2 HD clients and 2 HD stores
30.806666 ibaHD-Server-unlimited Basic license ibaHD-Server for unlimited number of tags,
including 2 HD clients and 2 HD stores3
30.800003 ibaHD-Server-One-Store License extension HD-Server: 1 more HD data store (only with WIBU dongle)
30.800004 ibaHD-Server-Two-Stores License extension HD-Server: 2 more HD data stores
30.800005 ibaHD-Server-Client License extension ibaHD-Server: single client
30.800006 ibaHD-Server-Multi Client License extension ibaHD-Server: 5 additional HD client interfaces
30.820001 Upgrade-HD-Server-64 to 128 License extension ibaHD-Server: 64 tags to 128 tags
30.820002 Upgrade-HD-Server-128 to 256 License extension ibaHD-Server: 128 tags to 256 tags
30.820003 Upgrade-HD-Server-256 to 512 License extension ibaHD-Server: 256 tags to 512 tags
30.820004 Upgrade-HD-Server-512 to 1024 License extension ibaHD-Server: 512 tags to 1024 tags
30.820005 Upgrade-HD-Server-1024 to 2048 License extension ibaHD-Server: 1024 tags to 2048 tags
30.820006 Upgrade-HD-Server-2048 to 4096 License extension ibaHD-Server: 2048 tags to 4096 tags
30.820007 Upgrade-HD-Server-4096 to 8192 License extension ibaHD-Server: 4096 tags to 8192 tags
30.820008 Upgrade-HD-Server-8192 to License extension ibaHD-Server: 8192 tags to unlimited tags
­unlimited
30.800001 ibaHD-Server-API-Read gRPC-API interface to query saved signals and events from existing
HD stores
3
The number of tags that can be stored per HD store is limited to 65534.
The upgrade licenses 30.820001 to 30.820008 are supported from ibaHD-Server v3.0.0.

Computer system

40.005031 ibaRackline-PC HD, XEON E, Win10 ibaRackline for measurement data recording
19.000012 Dongle server Pro USB dongle server

Training

61.100000 Measuring, analyzing and automatic reporting with iba 3-day compact course
61.000200 Measuring and analyzing with the iba system 2-day basic course
61.000400 Long-term acquisition of data and events using ibaHD-Server 2-day advanced course

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