Grass Valley SmartBins v.5.0 - Manual (Page 13)

SmartBins on a NAS System
Digital News Production 11
Using GXF-SBINs on an M-Series iVDR effectively creates a buffered
recording—so that material is protected and redundantly saved (both on M-
Series and on NAS) while still making the file available for shared editing or
immediate playout on the M-Series. The buffering process takes some time, so
there is a 40 second delay between the start of the record to media being
available on NewsEdit.
From NewsEdit, files can be sent to an M-Series with the existing Send feature
that sends a GXF stream to M-Series (or Profile) for playout. This GXF-SBIN
service runs on a dedicated platform or DSM and is available as an option to
NewsShare NAS systems.
With the GXF-SBIN service in place, new files are monitored and transferred
from the M-Series to selected NewsShare NAS resident folders. Playout
channels remain independent from the recording channels. Material availability
on the NAS is about 40 seconds from the beginning of ingest on M-Series.
While the buffered transfer is taking place, users can see and edit the growing
file the same as if the media were recorded on NewsEdit.
Sending clips back to M-Series is done via GXF send dialogs in NewsEdit and
M-Series playout is controllable via NewsQ Pro. There is no automatic
publishing to an M-Series iVDR from NAS since finished stories need to be
linked to playout.
SmartBin Service on a DSM or XRE Server provides the folder monitoring and
transfer services to the NAS system. System sizing rules determine how many
M-Series iVDR record streams can be supported. A DSM can support up to 4
record streams (2 M-Series chassis). Beyond four streams, dedicated XRE
Servers should be used as necessary, budgeting 6 streams per XRE Server.
Currently, an M-Series iVDR user cannot send a file to a NewsEdit directly,
only to other M-Series iVDRs or to Profile Media Servers.