Alcorn McBride A/V Binloop Uncompressed User’s Manual
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Installation Guidelines
A Word on Temperature
The Binloop requires free air ventilation. All models are
designed to operate between temperatures of 32 to 100 degrees
F and 0 to 99% non-condensing relative humidity. Like all other
electrical equipment, this means that an air-conditioned
equipment room is the optimal environment. Temperatures can
easily exceed the high limit if the Binloop is mounted without
proper ventilation or mounted directly above or below a piece of
equipment that normally runs hot (i.e. power amplifier).
Remember, high temperature is the enemy of all electronic
equipment. For adequate ventilation, please leave an empty 1U
rack space on the top and bottom of the A/V Binloop
Uncompressed.
SSD Media Reliability
The SSD drives supplied with your A/V Binloop Uncompressed
are data-center class drives designed for 24/7 operation and
sustained performance. The manufacturer’s MTBF (Mean-Time
Between Failure) is 2,000,000 hours.
When failures do occur they normally occur during the first few
hours of use. Often this is called “infant mortality.” Even this
failure mode is extremely rare, however.
Nonetheless, it is always prudent to properly backup all of the
audio and video data contained in your Binloop. This can easily
be done by simply copying the data to a PC hard drive or by
making CDR or Data-DVD/R backups.
Like any other computer system, your sound and video files for
the Binloop should be treated as critical data. Successful
operation of your installation depends on this data.
Unlike consumer-grade SSD’s, these data-center class SSD’s
run special firmware designed for the demanding 24/7/365
environment that your Binloop is designed for. For this reason,
please only use SSD’s supplied by Alcorn McBride, or you will
see performance issues.
