It's ideal for a wide range of processes from smaller 1,000 process I/O points to mid-size 10,000 process I/O points and up to 50,000 SCADA points. It supports 10-15 operator stations and up to five DSA clusters.
Honeywell offers a whitepaper on how the do-it-yourself (DIY) approach to DCS of integrating PLC and HMI packages can create technical risks and added costs.