Grass Valley NewsBrowse Desktop Browsing System Installation v.3.1 - Manual (Page 109)

April 27, 2006 NewsBrowse Installation and Configuration Guide 109
Deploy remaining machines for full system
Deploy remaining machines for full system
For the basic configuration path, after you have worked through all the configuration
stages and verified functionality at each stage, you deploy your remaining
NewsBrowse machines.
Do the following tasks to deploy your remaining NewsBrowse machines, as
appropriate for the machines included in your particular NewsBrowse system. For
instructions, refer to the applicable configuration stages early in this chapter.
• Deploy remaining Advanced encoders. Refer to “Advanced encoder stand-alone
stage” on page 75 and “Advanced encoder + Server stage” on page 85 .
• Deploy remaining SmartBin encoders. Refer to “SmartBin encoder stage” on
page 70 .
Test system level interactions
Run the following tests to verify that all machines are available and will function
correctly, especially during times of heavy system activity.
Multiple scavenge test
This test verifies that scavenge operations can simultaneously control all Advanced
encoders to optimize performance during times of heavy proxy asset creation.
To test multiple scavenge operations, do the following:
1. On the machine from which high-res media is scavenged, prepare a quantity of test
clips, such that you have one more test clip than the number of Advanced encoders
in your system. For example, if you have four Advanced encoders, prepare five test
clips. You must prepare the test clips without triggering the NewsBrowse system
to create any proxy assets. You can do this by recording media with a channel that
is not associated with the NewsBrowse system for ingest, or by copying existing
clips to a different bin or folder. In any case, the bin or folder in which these test
clips are initially placed must not be a bin that is currently monitored by the
NewsBrowse system for scavenge operations. Make the test clips at least a minute
long.
2. On the NewsBrowse server, open Thomson Event Viewer.
3. Prepare a bin or folder (preferably one that is currently empty) for monitoring by
the NewsBrowse system for scavenge operations. On the Advanced encoders,
define rules to create MPEG proxy for high-res material that appears in the
scavenge folder.
4. On the machine from which high-res media is scavenged, simultaneously copy all
the test clips into the prepared bin.
5. In Event Viewer, verify that scavenge activities occur for each channel, and that all
advanced encoders are encoding MPEG simultaneously.
6. With the NewsBrowse application, validate MPEG assets.
Purge test
1. Select an asset from the results list to load details. Take note of the components