Grass Valley NewsroomSuite v.5.5 - Manual (Page 27)

Storage Options
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Storage Options
With the NewsroomSuite system, you have four options for storing news files:
• Local storage on the NewsroomSuite computer
• Open SAN network, a shared storage network consisting of these
components:
- Profile Media Server(s), for encoding and playing out broadcast-quality
video
- RAID arrays provide storage for all media
- File System Manager (FSM), one or two servers which control access to
the RAID arrays and host asset databases
• Network Attached Storage (NAS) network, a shared storage network
consisting of these components:
- NAS Server to manage the network file systems
- RAID arrays provide storage for all media
- Database System Manager (DSM), which hosts the News database and
optionally the SmartBin Service
• K2 network, a shared storage network consisting of these components:
- K2 Media Server to manage the network file systems
- RAID arrays provide storage for all media
- Gigabit Ethernet Switch connecting the K2 Media Server and the
NewsEdit client machines
- Control point PC, which hosts the K2 Configuration application used to
configure the storage system
- Database System Manager (DSM), which hosts the News database and
optionally the SmartBin Service
For a detailed discussion of the shared storage network options available with
NewsEdit, see the NewsShare Technical Reference Guide (part number 071-
8371).