Grass Valley NewsBrowse Desktop Browsing System Installation v.3.1 - Manual (Page 62)

62 NewsBrowse Installation and Configuration Guide April 27, 2006
Chapter 3 Configuring the NewsBrowse System
Prepare MDI server
A machine that hosts a MDI service takes the role of a MDI server. Refer to the
following to identify the machines in your NewsBrowse system that take the role of
MDI server, and make sure that the appropriate MDI services are installed. Refer to
“About NewsBrowse software” on page 27 .
Dedicated MDI server — For medium to large NewsBrowse systems, most MDI
services are on a stand-alone MDI server machine, to ensure system performance. If
your system has a dedicated MDI server, it comes from the factory with MDI services
installed, so you do not need to do any further installation. The MDI server requires
only network communication in preparation for its use in the NewsBrowse system.
NewsBrowse server as MDI server — For small NewsBrowse systems, the MDI
services can reside on the NewsBrowse server. The NewsBrowse server comes from
the factory with MDI service installed, to support these smaller systems, so you do not
need to do any further installation. The NewsBrowse server also has the NTFS MDI
service installed, as it is required to run on the server, regardless of the size of the
system.
DSM server as MDI server — For all systems, the News MDI must be hosted on the
DSM. You must install the News MDI on the DSM.