Pipeline
System Setup
Using a Pipeline HD Dual and Vantage on a single system
Pipeline HD Dual and Vantage can be installed on the
same server in order to create a two (2) channel
baseband ingest solution directly integrated with
Vantage. This will allow for real-time or near real-time
file creation into virtually any format from live or tape
sources.
Generally Pipeline Control processes do not use a great
deal of CPU resources allowing Vantage workflow
processes to utilize the majority of available CPU
resources. However close attention must be taken to
assure that the Vantage server can meet the Pipeline’s
CPU, network bandwidth and disk I/O requirements.
Follow the Pipeline configuration and setup procedures
as described in this document in order to determine the
host system requirements for an integrated two (2)
channel Pipeline/Vantage server.
There are five components to consider when choosing
a two (2) channel Pipeline/Vantage host system.
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CPU cores and speed (see System Recommenda-
tion section)
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Faster is always better
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Network connections (see Pipeline Network
section)
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Separating Pipeline channel traffic from general
data traffic by directly attaching each Pipeline
channel is required
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Media Disk storage systems (see Pipeline Media
Storage section)
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Disk I/O fast enough to support real-time
Pipeline file writing, Vantage file writing and
Vantage file reading
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System RAM (see System Recommendation
section)
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Enough RAM to support all Pipeline and Vantage
processes
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8GB per channel is the general rule
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More is always better
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System Video Card
Use the system descriptions, recommended systems
chart, network and storage sections in this document to
configure your Pipeline/Vantage host system.
Pipeline Host computer recommendations
Network and Hard Disk Performance Requirements (per stream)
CODEC
Disk read/write
(MB/s)
Network throughput
(Mb/s)
Storage required
with 8 channels of
audio
SD Codecs
Motion JPEG A
0.75
8
5GB/hr
DV/DVCPro
4.4
35
15GB/hr
IMX30
5.3
43
16GB/hr
IMX40
7
56
20GB/hr
IMX50/DVCPro50
8.3
67
25GB/hr
ProRes 422
7.3
58
21GB/hr
Uncompressed 8bit
422
22
175
80GB/hr
HD Codecs (range
based on codec and
bit rate)
DVCPro HD
16.5
135
73GB/hr
ProRes 422 HQ
10-36
62-240
50-100GB/hr
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