Grass Valley NewsShare v.5.5 - Manual (Page 88)

Chapter 12 Setting up a NewsEdit client on a K2 iSCSI Network
86 Digital News Production
c. Click Assign TOE .
9. Click Next .
10. At the Completing the Configuration Wizard screen, click Finish .
The wizard closes and the NewsShare workstation reboots.
11. Repeat this procedure for each NewsShare workstation on the K2 network.
Calculating NewsShare Workstation Bandwidth
One feature of the K2 network is its ability to load balance the NewsShare client
workstation’s iSCSI connection to the K2 storage system. In order to do this,
calculate the amount of bandwidth each client machine will use, using this
formula:
(Video Bit Rate in Mbps x Number of Streams) / 8 (to convert to MB)
1. Determine the highest bit rate you use on the NewsEdit machine.
The bit rates for the DV formats are: DV25 = 28.8 Mbps; DV50 = 57.6 Mbps;
and DV100 = 115.2 Mbps for the NTSC and PAL video formats.
MPEG bit rates are variable; enter the bit rate set in NewsEdit.
2. Multiply the highest bit rate by the number of streams that are licensed on
this machine.
3. Divide that number by 8 to convert Mbps to MB.
4. Round the MB number to the nearest integer.
5. Enter this number in the iSCSI Client Bandwidth Input screen in the K2
Configuration application wizard.