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 The central component of any Omneon Spectrum system, the MediaDirector manages the flow of data to and from all other components in the system, including storage (Omneon MediaStores), real-time media (Omneon MediaPorts and MultiPorts) and network traffic (Gigabit Ethernet). Media ingest, storage and playout are all coordinated through the MediaDirector, which manages bandwidth requirements to ensure that all real-time media I/O receives guaranteed, uninterrupted data throughput. The MediaDirector also manages the file system and provides software RAID capabilities to access and protect all data stored on the system's disk arrays.
MediaDirectors access system storage arrays through multiple Fibre Channel loops, ensuring both resiliency and performance necessary for on-air operations. Interface to Omneon MediaPort and MultiPort audio and video I/O components is managed with multiple high-speed serial buses. This design provides maximum flexibility with regard to video format while also ensuring channel count scalability. A Gigabit Ethernet connection provides high-bandwidth data communication via SMB, FTP, and AFP (Apple® File Protocol).
MediaDirectors are available in three models to provide a choice of price points and system bandwidth and capacity. All MediaDirector units incorporate Omneon designed Smart Scalability, ensuring that any element of an Omneon Spectrum media server system can be expanded or re-configured at any time, without any disruptive upgrade process.
MediaDirector 2100
The MediaDirector 2100 is an entry-level system unit designed to support configurations with up to 16 channels of real-time video I/O (subject to total system bandwidth load). Although the MCP 2100 is considered the entry level MediaDirector, it incorporates all aspects of the Omneon architecture, enabling full system scalability, reliability and flexibility. The MediaDirector 2100 includes redundant power supplies with failover capability for maximum reliability.
MediaDirector 2101
The MediaDirector 2101 is a higher capacity system unit designed to support configurations with up to 32 channels of real-time video I/O (on a single MediaDirector, subject to total system bandwidth load). The MediaDeck 2101 provides roughly twice the networking bandwidth and I/O connectivity and about 50% more Fibre Channel bandwidth for additional storage capacity.
MediaDirector 2102
The MediaDirector 2102 is currently the most powerful system unit offered in the Spectrum family of video servers. It uses extensive multiprocessor support to increase the maximum concurrent IP and real time video IO the system can handle. As with all MediaDirectors, the 2102 can be configured into single systems with as many as four MediaDirectors running in tandem to form a highly reliable, extremely scalable single media server.
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