Grass Valley K2 Storage System Instruction Manual v.3.2 Sep.24 2007 - Manual (Page 28)

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Chapter 1 Product Description
Overview Description
The K2 Storage System is Grass Valley’s shared storage solution that gives multiple
clients access to a common pool of media. Clients access the shared media storage via
a Gigabit Ethernet network and a Fibre Channel connection. Data is communicated
using the Small Computer System Interface (SCSI) data transfer interface and the
Internet SCSI (iSCSI) protocol.
Refer to the “Installing…” chapters later in this manual for the system description of
each of the different levels of storage available.
Refer to the K2 Media Client System Guide for diagrams and explanations of the
media file system and the media database.
Key features
The key features of the K2 Storage System are as follows:
• iSCSI storage access protocol
• Gigabit Ethernet connectivity
• RAID 1, 5, and 6 storage
• FTP transfers
• Standard IT networked storage configurations to fit a wide variety of size and
iSCSI Clients
K2 Media Server
iSCSI over
Gigabit
Ethernet
SCSI over
Fibre Channel
RAID
Storage
iSCSI to SCSI
Bridge