Reliability

The nature of your production processes will determine the importance of system reliability. Consider issues such as:

• The need for uninterrupted operation
• the impact and cost of down-time
• the need to collect and protect system data
• the severity of alarm conditions.

This will help determine if your project needs to include redundancy, the type of redundancy necessary, and the most appropriate way to implement it.

For more information, refer to Redundancy.