System diagram - profile xp or open san storage, Legacy systems, Newsbrowse – Grass Valley NewsBrowse Desktop Browsing System Installation v.3.1 User Manual

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April 27, 2006

NewsBrowse Installation and Configuration Guide

System diagram - Profile XP or Open SAN storage

System diagram - Profile XP or Open SAN storage

This diagram illustrates the recommended version 3.1 architecture for a system that
uses NewsBrowse for Profile XP ingest and that access high-resolution material on a
Profile XP or Open SAN.

This diagram illustrates the recommended architecture for version 3.1. Refer to
Appendix B, Legacy systems on page 147 for previous versions.

The system illustrated here demonstrates the full range of hardware platform types.
Smaller systems might not include all types of hardware platforms. Consult the
system design for your specific system to determine the hardware platforms you must
install.

Legacy systems

This manual documents NewsBrowse systems on K2 storage that are built new for
version 3.1 or higher. While existing Profile XP/Open SAN systems can be upgraded
to version 3.1 software, their hardware platforms, network architecture, and other
elements might not match the systems documented in this manual.

You can find information about systems built before version 3.1 in Appendix B,
Legacy systems on page 147. If you need the entire overview and task flow for
working on a legacy system, you should refer to the version of this manual that
corresponds to the software version around which your system was originally built.
Refer to “Revision Status” on page 2 of this manual for information about previous
manual versions.

clk

mpg

Profile
Video
Server
(Open
SAN)

High-res Audio/Video & Windows
streaming media

Timecode (house time for live
encoder) & PC clock sync’d to house
time

MPEG1 low-res proxy video (with
timecode information)

Thumbnail, storyboard and/or Real
video

Web application html pages

Media Frame Core communications, such
as between MDIs, ASK, and Resolver.

Serve

Advanced
Encoder

Live Monitor
Encoder

1-Channel
Encoder

POWERFAULT DATA ALARM

Router
Gateway