The Challenge: Scaling Analytics Without Risking Operations
Operations depend on PI being fast, stable, and predictable. But as more analytics tools, teams, and workloads rely on PI data, several challenges emerge...
1. Analytics workloads compete with operations
When analytics tools read directly from PI, they consume resources needed for ingestion, dashboards, and alerts. This creates tension between operational reliability and analytical ambition.
2. Analytics depth is limited to protect PI
To avoid stressing production systems, teams often reduce data granularity, shorten retention, or avoid advanced analytics altogether.
3. Long-term and high-frequency analysis becomes impractical
PI environments are not optimized for deep history, high-frequency exploration, or large-scale feature engineering, forcing teams into compromises or workarounds.
The problem is not PI.It’s where analytics run.
● The Quasar Experience
PI feeds Quasar once.Analytics scale from Quasar.
Quasar removes analytics pressure from PI by becoming the analytics source, while PI remains the operational system of record.
PI continues to capture and contextualize data. Quasar receives a controlled analytics feed and serves downstream analytics at scale. Operations stay untouched. Analytics move forward.
Relieve Pressure on PI. Unlock Analytics.The Quasar Approach

What stays the same
- PI remains the operational system of record
- Asset Framework and PI Vision stay unchanged
- Dashboards and workflows continue as-is
What becomes possible
Quasar becomes a fused system of record for both Real-Time and Historical data
- Scalable analytics without stressing PI
- Broader analytics across assets, sites, and fleets
- Deeper analytics with long-term and high-frequency history
- SQL and Python access for advanced analytics
- Safe experimentation without operational risk
Want to talk about your PI environment?
Tell us a bit about your PI setup and the analytics challenges you’re running into. We’ll keep it practical.
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