Server comparison - Metasys - LIT-12011832 - General System Information - Metasys System

Server comparison - Metasys - LIT-12011832 - General System Information - Metasys System - 12.0

Metasys System Configuration Guide

Product

Building Automation Systems > Building Automation Systems > Metasys System

Document type

Configuration Guide

Document number

LIT-12011832

Version

12.0

Revision date

2024-07-17

Product status

Active

The Metasys Server software family includes variants with different feature sets to meet a variety of different applications.

Table 1. Metasys Server family comparison
Feature	Application and Data Server (ADS)	Extended Application and Data Server (ADX)	Open Application Server (OAS)
Host Platform	Desktop computer platform: Microsoft Windows® operating system Microsoft SQL Server Express database Open Database Connectivity (ODBC) compliant database package	Server platform: Microsoft® Windows Server® operating system Microsoft SQL Server database	Turnkey and virtual desktop platform (virtual machine (VM)): Microsoft Windows® operating system Microsoft SQL Server Express database Open Database Connectivity (ODBC) compliant database package Virtual server platform (VM): Microsoft® Windows Server® operating system Microsoft SQL Server database
Supported Simultaneous Users	Up to 5 users	Up to 10, 25, 50, or 100 users (license specific)	Up to 5 users
Network Engine Management	Up to 14 engines	Up to 1,000 engines Note: Support for engines varies depending on size of server hardware.	OASMIN: 0 engines OASSTD: up to 2 engines
Direct BACnet Device Management	No	No	Yes, BACnet/IP and BACnet/SC devices can be managed directly. BACnet MS/TP devices can be managed by using a BACnet/IP to MS/TP router. A maximum of 200 devices are supported.
Archival of Historical Data	Manual, scheduled, or automatic	Manual, scheduled, or automatic	Manual, scheduled, or automatic Note: You need to purchase the Metasys Historical Data add-on license to use this feature.
User Interface	Metasys UI SMP	Metasys UI SMP	Metasys UI SMP
Supports Export Utility	Yes	Yes	No
Supports Metasys Advanced Reporting	No	Yes	No
Supports Energy Essentials	Note: Energy Essentials is discontinued from Release 12.0.
Support for Split Configuration	No	Yes	No
Supports Metasys for Validated Environments (MVE)	No	Yes Note: You need to purchase the MVE add-on license to use this feature.	No
Five Years of Historical Data in Metasys UI	Yes	Yes	Yes Note: You need to purchase the Metasys Historical Data add-on license to use this feature.
Supports Metasys Database Manager	Yes	Yes	Yes
Supports Fault Detection and Fault Triage features	Yes	Yes	Yes Note: At a minimum, you require 8GB of RAM and four virtual cores to support the Fault Detection and Fault Triage features on an OAS.
Supports Fault Detection and Fault Triage features	Note: You need to purchase the Fault Detection and Fault Triage add-on licenses to use these features.
FIPS 140-2 Level 1 compliance	Yes	Yes	Yes
FIPS 140-2 Level 1 compliance	Note: You need to purchase the FIPS 140-2 add-on license to use this feature.
ADFS two-factor authentication	Yes	Yes	Yes
ADFS two-factor authentication	Note: ADFS authentication is available to Metasys UI users, but is not available to Metasys SMP users. You need to purchase the ADFS add-on license to use this feature.
Supports BACnet/SC	Yes	Yes	Yes
Supports BACnet/SC	Note: You need to purchase the M4-BACNETSC-0 add-on license for each Server to use BACnet/SC.

For more information, refer to the Application and Data Server (ADS) and Extended Application and Data Server (ADX) Product Bulletin (LIT-1201525) and to Open Application Server (OAS) Product Bulletin (LIT-12013309).