Topic: Migrating V5.84 projects to V6

Tagged: Migrating ramdisk

This topic has 7 replies, 4 voices, and was last updated 7 months ago by Mikhail.

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November 2, 2022 at 1:58 pm #11476

grhsc
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Dear developer, I am trying to use V6, 2 questions
Can the old 5.84 project copy the corresponding folder to the new V6 file according to the content described in the previous manual? Are there any other special changes?
https://rapidscada.net/doc/content/latest/en/installation-and-run/migrate-configuration.html

In the installation instructions of V6, the RAM drive needs to be set up, is this a necessary step?
How much will the performance decrease if I don’t use a RAM drive but a hard disk?
If I use a RAM drive, will I lose log files after a power outage? Or is the RAM drive just caching ?

Thank you in advance.

November 3, 2022 at 6:51 am #11483

Mikhail
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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.

November 3, 2022 at 7:02 am #11486

grhsc
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thank you very much!
Looking forward to seeing the project converter soon

January 3, 2023 at 3:02 pm #11869

Arkhee
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Hello,
I have the same issue with my project, can you tell me if the migration tool has been released ?
Thanks in advance

January 5, 2023 at 12:42 pm #11894

Mikhail
Moderator

Hello,
Download the tools from this folder. See ProjConv5to6.zip, HistConv5to6.zip and EventConv5to6.zip
The project converter archive contains readme.txt

January 5, 2023 at 12:43 pm #11895

Mikhail
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There are a lot of differences between v5 and v6 projects. It’s normal to have some questions during conversion.

September 17, 2023 at 4:48 pm #13401

yotool
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ROG RAM Disk is apparently no longer available for download from the ROG website.

It should be in the motherboard utilities section of their site, but it seems nowhere to be found.

I’m using the DataRAM RamDISK software and it works well.

Question for Mikhail:

Why isn’t “ScadaInstanceConfig.xml” file shown as a “child” object in the “Administrator” application’s GUI (so as to quickly locate and edit like the xml ‘configuration’ files for other components)?

September 18, 2023 at 8:55 am #13408

Mikhail
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Why isn’t “ScadaInstanceConfig.xml” file shown as a “child” object in the “Administrator” application’s GUI

Because ScadaInstanceConfig.xml is not a part of a user’s project. It’s possible to develop an extension that provides UI for editing ScadaInstanceConfig.xml.
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