Grass Valley iTX System v.2.6 - Manual (Page 25)

About the iTX system
Media Store – one or more per system
Required operating
system:
For a standalone Media Store:
Any version of Microsoft Windows that gives a specified number
of users’ simultaneous access to the Media Store contents.
iTX software module: Media Watcher (with iTX Desktop layouts).
The Media Store holds the media files that are to be available for use in playout schedules. It
may be a standalone machine, or it may be part of the Database Server machine. There may be
more than one Media Store in an iTX system.
The Media Watcher runs on the Media Store (provided the Media Store allows this). Where
there are multiple Media Stores, it runs on the main one.
If the Media Store does not allow iTX software to run on it, the Media Watcher should run on
the Database Server machine instead. Since this requires the use of network (UNC) paths in file
transfers, the processing of files in the Inbox takes slightly longer than when the Media
Watcher runs on the Media Store.
There must be at least one Media Watcher in an iTX system, to monitor the Inbox on the Media
Store. There may be other Media Watchers in a system, doing the same jobs for different
Media Stores as well as managing the copying of media files that are needed for playout to the
Output Server caches.
iTX Desktop layouts are installed with the Media Watcher, which registers them for use in your
iTX system.
Output Server – one per playout channel (SD or HD)
Required operating
system:
Microsoft Windows Server 2008, Standard 64-bit Edition R2 with
Service Pack 1.
iTX software module: Output Server or Output Server HD.
Optional:
Media Watcher.
The Output Server machine is the iTX playout engine for a single channel.
For a system that requires a channel to play out content to several regions simultaneously, you
can include up to 8 additional regional channels per main playout channel. Each regional
channel requires an additional Output Server.
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