Projects for Rapid SCADA 5 and 6 have different structure. Before using an old project for new Rapid SCADA, the project has to be converted. We will provide a project converter app later.
the RAM drive needs to be set up, is this a necessary step?
If you use SSD, using RAM drive is important to save SSD’s life.
How much will the performance decrease if I don’t use a RAM drive but a hard disk?
We have not measured it. RAM drive is needed to avoid much of writing to SSD.
If I use a RAM drive, will I lose log files after a power outage? Or is the RAM drive just caching ?
Some RAM drive apps allow to save files on shutdown. My favorite is ROG RAM Disk.