Grass Valley K2 Summit Storage Area Network Installation - Manual (Page 30)

K2 SAN overview description
The K2 Storage Area Network is Grass Valley’s shared storage solution that gives multiple clients
access to a common pool of media. In the iSCSI SAN, 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.
A custom-designed Fibre Channel SAN is also available in which clients access RAID storage via
a Fibre Channel network, and the K2 Media Server connects via Ethernet for control functions only.
Refer to the K2 System Guide for diagrams and explanations of the media file system and the media
database.
K2 SAN key features
The key features of the iSCSI K2 SAN are as follows:
• iSCSI storage access protocol
• Gigabit Ethernet connectivity
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