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System Setup

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June 2014

Systems Recommendations

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General guidelines 

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CPU

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Single or Dual channel systems - Dual Dual 

Core 2.3Ghz CPU or faster

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Three or Four channel systems - Dual Quad 

Core 2.3Ghz CPU or faster

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Four or Five channel - Dual Six Core 2.3Ghz 

CPU or faster

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RAM - 4GB RAM per channel

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Operating System –  Check Telestream web site 

for the latest supported OS

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Media Storage sustained read and/or write speeds 

(separate from OS drive)

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Capture only – 40MB/s per channel

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Play out only – 60MB/s per channel

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Transcode/Edit/Disk Buffering while Capture – 

100MB/s per channel

All systems assume media storage local (internal or 

direct attached) to the host system with adequate 

storage to support 24 hours of content at the chosen 

format, and drive array is less than 80% full without 

serious fragmentation.

Edit while ingest and transcode while ingest workflows 

require increased disk I/O performance to support the 

additional read processes, and may require disk buffer 

cache drive system (see Pipeline User Guide disk 

buffering details).

Viewing HD preview stream(s) can consumes high 

levels of CPU which may cause dropped frames. It is 

recommended that preview be turned off during 

capture.

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Summary of Contents for General Pipeline System

Page 1: ...ne network attached encoder devices connected via CAT6 Ethernet to a Pipeline host computer Pipeline network attached encoder devices should be connected directly via CAT6 Ethernet to a Pipeline host...

Page 2: ...ur particular needs Pipeline software applications perform many tasks These task range from scheduled capture and play out log capture from tape sources manual and automated capture from live sources...

Page 3: ...It is required that a fully non blocking managed Layer 2 3 Enterprise Edge Ethernet switch with adequate per port data buffering be used The following switches are highly recommended for Pipeline sys...

Page 4: ...orts Network Example Pipeline Direct Attached Example Warning When directly attaching multiple Pipeline channels to the host s network adapter always connect them one at a time and configure each on t...

Page 5: ...h stream For ProRes 422 HQ and high quality DNxHD we recommend at least a 50 MB sec transfer rate for each stream To evaluate your needs you must first take into account the data rate for the format t...

Page 6: ...ing feature see Disk Buffering section below Data Buffering requires a separate data buffer RAID array to guarantee error free write operations of Pipeline media streams Calculating the disk buffer RA...

Page 7: ...hannel HD with data buffering Four 4 channels of HD hosted by a central workstation with delivery to a NAS Data Buffering is enabled through directly attached RAID storage Multiple channel Transcode w...

Page 8: ...section Faster is always better Network connections see Pipeline Network section Separating Pipeline channel traffic from general data traffic by directly attaching each Pipeline channel is required...

Page 9: ...hz CPU or faster RAM 4GB RAM per channel Operating System Check Telestream web site for the latest supported OS Media Storage sustained read and or write speeds separate from OS drive Capture only 40M...

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