GRASS VALLEY K2 BASECAMP EXPRESS, Installation And Service Manual

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• Gigabit Ethernet connectivity
• RAID 5 and RAID 6 storage
• FTP transfers
• Enhanced IT networked storage configurations to fit a wide variety of size and performance
requirements.
• Scaling from 100 to < 5000 MB/s
• Redundancy and fault recovery with no single point of failure
• Tuned and optimized file system for reliable and robust transaction of media files
• Best in class storage management for high throughput, deterministic performance with load
balancing, priority of service, and quality of service
• Best in class support for 3rd party editors
What's new in the K2 10G SAN
The primary differences between the K2 10G SAN and previous K2 SANs are as follows:
• 8 Gig Fibre Channel — An 8 Gig Fibre Channel card in the K2 Media Server and an 8 Gig
controller in the K2 RAID support 8 Gig Fibre Channel connections. The K2 RAID chassis is
unchanged. The previous K2 SANs supported 2 Gig or 4 Gig Fibre Channel connections.
• 10 Gig iSCSI — A 10 Gig iSCSI interface adapter (TOE) in the K2 Media Server and a 10 Gig
SFP+ module in the Ethernet switch support a 10 Gig iSCSI connection. The 1 Gig iSCSI
connections between SAN clients and the Ethernet switch remain unchanged. The previous K2
SANs used multiple 1 Gig interface adapters and 1 Gig Ethernet switch ports to provide iSCSI
connections.
• K2 SAN simplification — The 10 Gig iSCSI connection allows most customer requirements to
be met by a simple K2 SAN with one K2 Media Server, or two K2 Media Servers if redundant.
The 1 Gig iSCSI connection of the previous K2 SANs needed multiple K2 Media Servers to
meet customer requirements for higher bandwidth.
• K2 SAN license — A license enables bandwidth in increments for a single 10 Gig iSCSI interface
adapter, rather than requiring multiple iSCSI interface adapters as in the previous K2 SANs.
• 64-bit K2 Media Server — The 64-bit operating system supports increased performance. The
previous K2 Media Servers were 32-bit devices only.
• Third level of Quality of Service (QOS) — Editors and other generic file system clients can be
assigned their own portion of K2 SAN bandwidth. The previous K2 SANs required additional
iSCSI interface adapters to statically manage this type of bandwidth.
If you are familiar with previous K2 SANs, keep these differences in mind as you read about the
K2 10G SAN in this manual. If you need information about previous K2 SANs, refer to previous
versions of this manual.
Related Topics
K2 SAN descriptions on page 32
About K2 SAN licensing on page 126
K2 Media Server description on page 260
About QOS on the K2 SAN on page 126
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