Grass Valley NewsroomSuite v.5.5 - Manual (Page 66)

Chapter 7 SmartBins
62 Digital News Production
Understanding SmartBins
SmartBins work differently depending on the type of shared storage network
you are using: Open SAN, NAS, or K2.
SmartBins on an Open SAN System
On an Open SAN system, SmartBins map folders from a bin in the NewsEdit
tree view to a bin in the Profile view. As with drag and drop via ContentShare
Explorer or Media Manager, this automatic synchronization never moves
actual media files—the bin structure represents two different views into the
shared media file system.
When you first create a bin in NewsEdit, you can map that bin to a Profile bin;
after a NewsEdit bin is created, it cannot be mapped. Once an association is
created, the NewsEdit and Profile bins are kept synchronized.
SmartBins support simple (flattened) movies, but not sequences, sub-folders, or
sub-clips that the Profile cannot use directly. Also, SmartBins cannot have sub-
bins.
The computer running the SmartBins SAN service must have a Fibre Channel-
SCSI connection to the Open SAN and a CVFS license.
SmartBin Folder Synchronization
When the SmartBins Service starts, it determines which NewsEdit bins are
associated with Profile bins and then queries the Profile database for the movies
in each associated bin. Any movies in Profile bins that are not in the associated
NewsEdit bin are registered to the NewsEdit database. The SmartBins service
does not verify that NewsEdit clips are in the Profile database, so the
synchronization is one way only—Profile to NewsEdit.
No files are moved—a mapping of the folders between the flat and tree views
takes place.