Editing on Generic Storage over IT Networks

At present, broadcast companies are increasingly implementing and optimizing file-based workflows for standard and high definition media production. In this respect, the Flemish public broadcaster in Belgium, VRT, has built the Digital Media Factory (DMF) for news production and generic programs in 2007. The DMF is based on the concept of a centralized generic storage platform. Often media services require their own dedicated storage platform. This results in many file transfers over the network. Performance and cost efficiency could be improved if media services could be integrated with the central storage platform. This paper describes the integration for post production environments, also referred to as in-place editing. It will be shown that the design of the IT network will have a profound impact of the performance. Traditional best practices for IT network design are no longer valid. This paper presents new insights on designing reliable IT networks in high performance media environments.

Published

2010-10

Content type

Original Research

Keywords

Post production, editing, edit, storage, network, IT, Avid, Apple, Adobe

DOI

10.5594/M001368

ISBN

978-1-61482-944-7