Grass Valley Aurora Browse v.7.0 Installation - Manual (Page 175)

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Appendix
B
K2 BaseCamp Express
K2 BaseCamp Express is a Dell R710 server with MediaFrame system components
including a low-res NAS storage, an internal RAID, the MediaFrame database, and
MDIs such as Generic FTP and K2.
K2 BaseCamp Express does not scavenge assets; proxy is created on demand. It can
utilize multiple encode streams. The speed of the encoder is “throttleable;” that is, it
can be slowed to less than real time. However, the encoder maintains one real-time
encode of 100mb/s 1080i MPEG.
NOTE: Multiple encoder streams can affect encoder performance.
Configuring K2 BaseCamp Express
K2 BaseCamp Express does not come from the factory with the Aurora system
components already installed. You need to cable the system as described in
Chapter
2 Installing the Aurora Browse system hardware on page 19 .You must then install the
MediaFrame and Proxy Encoder software as described in Chapter 4 Installing the
Aurora Browse System Software on page 33 .
Depending on your system configuration you might need to install some dependency
software:
• If BaseCamp Express will host the News MDI and connect to an Aurora DSM, you
must install the GVG_MLIB software.
• If BaseCamp Express will host the Profile MDI, you must manually install the
Profile XP software.
CAUTION: You cannot host both the News MDI and Profile MDI on
the same server.
K2 BaseCamp Express is not an iSCSI client. The encoder uses an external FTP
server to generation low-res material. If a BaseCamp Express server is used with an
external encoder, disable the internal encoder on the BaseCamp Express server.
Corporate LAN
Aurora Browse Clients NLS Archive
Control/FTP LAN
K2 Client
MediaFrame
Server
Advanced
Encoder MDI Server
Proxy
NAS
K2 BaseCamp Express
Proxy MediaFrame