K2 summit system, K2 system, Keyword – Grass Valley GV STRATUS Installation v.3.1 User Manual
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K2 Summit system
A K2 Summit system of any storage type, including standalone internal/direct-connect or
SAN-attached shared media storage. Applies to K2 Summit (3G) Production Client and K2 Summit
Transmission Server/Client products.
K2 system
K2 product family servers, clients, and SANs, either individually or combined as a system. This
includes K2 Media Clients, K2 Summit (3G) Production Clients, K2 Summit Transmission
Servers/Clients and K2 Solo Media Servers with standalone, direct-connect, or SAN storage, as
appropriate for the product.
Keyword
A section of a clip that has duration, as defined by an in point and an out point, with its associated
metadata.
Launch
Opening a tool or other component to expose the controls and functionality that you can use to
accomplish a task.
Lease
A license that is checked out to a particular user. For the period of time that the license is checked
out to that user, the user has a lease on that license.
License Management Database
The database for the assignment of GV STRATUS licenses and roles to groups and users
Log Panel
The panel that displays keywords and markers of assets.
Marker
A specific point in a clip, as defined by timecode, with its associated metadata.
MDI
MDI is the acronym for Managed Device Interface. An MDI is a software component that provides
an interface for the GV STRATUS database to access a device. Typically these are devices on which
media resides, such as K2 systems, NAS devices, and archive devices. Each type of device has its
own MDI. For most MDIs, the MDI software component is hosted on the GV STRATUS Core
server, rather than being hosted on the same machine that it accesses.
Media ID
Metadata assigned to a disk or directory that contains a group of clips that can be imported via RMI.
Navigator
The panel that contains the tree-view.
Panel
A UI component that can be undocked and docked in an application window.
Permissions
Access to files or directories that can be assigned to user groups.
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