This Guidance illustrates four architecture design options for deploying Siemens Opcenter Execution, a manufacturing execution system (MES) used to orchestrate and monitor production processes. First, the minimal architecture deploys the primary Opcenter Execution application and supporting components. Second, for high availability, the core applications can be deployed across multiple Availability Zones (AZs), while non-critical applications remain in a single Zone. Third, AWS Managed Services can be used to automate the deployment and management of these applications across AZs. Finally, an AWS Outposts option is available, where Outposts is deployed on-premises, establishing a secure connection to the AWS Region. These diverse options enable manufacturers to choose the deployment model that best suits their requirements for proximity, availability, scalability, and integration with AWS Cloud services.

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Architecture Diagram

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  • Overview

  • This architecture diagram is a broad overview showing the minimal deployment of Siemens Opcenter Execution applications on AWS.

  • High availability

  • This architecture diagram shows how core, critical Siemens Opcenter Execution applications are deployed across multiple Availability Zones within an AWS Region to achieve high availability.

  • AWS Managed Services

  • This architecture diagram shows how AWS Managed Services deploy Siemens Opcenter Execution applications across multiple Availability Zones within an AWS Region for high availability and fault tolerance.

  • AWS Outposts

  • This architecture diagram shows how the AWS Outposts service deploys Siemens Opcenter Execution applications on-premises at a designated location, establishing a secure and low-latency connection to the designated AWS Region.

Well-Architected Pillars

The AWS Well-Architected Framework helps you understand the pros and cons of the decisions you make when building systems in the cloud. The six pillars of the Framework allow you to learn architectural best practices for designing and operating reliable, secure, efficient, cost-effective, and sustainable systems. Using the AWS Well-Architected Tool, available at no charge in the AWS Management Console, you can review your workloads against these best practices by answering a set of questions for each pillar.

The architecture diagram above is an example of a Solution created with Well-Architected best practices in mind. To be fully Well-Architected, you should follow as many Well-Architected best practices as possible.

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Implementation Resources

A detailed guide is provided to experiment and use within your AWS account. Each stage of building the Guidance, including deployment, usage, and cleanup, is examined to prepare it for deployment.

The sample code is a starting point. It is industry validated, prescriptive but not definitive, and a peek under the hood to help you begin.

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