Webinar: Dedicated Hardware or Virtualized: Choosing the Right Substation Setup

Substation computers have become an integral part of modern substation automation.

They host a wide range of applications:  protocol gateways, station HMIs, engineering workstations, IDS sensors, data concentrators, edge analytics platforms and even protection functions – some are dedicated to a single application, while a growing number host several virtualized applications on one platform.

So when does consolidation make sense? When is a dedicated system - often called “bare-metal" - still the better choice? Does it make sense to virtualize just one application per box?

In this live webinar, Anton Krupskii and Jos Zenner take a practical look at the architectures utilities and system integrators are working with today.

They will cover:

• The different roles of substation computers and the use cases they’re typically used for

• Why virtualizing even a single application or OS pays off
• Virtualization as a consolidation strategy
• The impact on design, operations, maintenance and upgrades, but also skills and staff training
•  Environmental and certification requirements, such as IEC 61850-3 and IEEE 1613, that apply whatever the software architecture is
• Decision criteria including functions per station, staff qualification, vendor mix and cybersecurity
• A migration path that allows you to start with bare metal and virtualize later on the same certified hardware

This webinar is for protection, automation and control engineers and solution architects at power utilities, system integrators, EPCs and anyone involved in defining the next generation of substation automation architectures.

The question is not simply: “bare metal or virtualized?”. The better question is: What should determine the decision?

Join Anton and Jos for the discussion and live Q&A.