KCET Stores On SeaChange Media Architecture

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Oct 27, 2011 12:14 PM

KCET, the largest eccentric U.S. open radio hire (serving Southern and Central California), has choosen video servers and storage from SeaChange International ( www.schange.com ) for its new Burbank announce facility. SeaChange engineers will muster a file-based announce workflow network at KCET, formed on the SeaChange Media Architecture.

At the heart of KCET's operation is the SeaChange Universal MediaLibrary (UML) storage system. The UML will be used as principal storage (equipped with 1TB drives) and near-line storage (2TB drives) with a per "brick" ability of up to 144TB. The SeaChange MediaGateway Mirroring Tool will counterpart the essence of the principal UML to the near-line archive. This enterprise-class UML storage server infrastructure features an industry-leading opening of 17Gb/s throughput. It supports hybrid NAS and SAN connections, permitting KCET to access iSCSI, CIFS, NFS, and FTP files without reconfiguration or NAS gateways.

For ingest, high quality check, and play-to-air, SeaChange will give the MediaClient 8200 and MediaServer 1200. The MediaClient 8200 is a modular program codec that serves as a office building inhibit for play-to-air systems. It offers multiresolution and multiformat operations with a high I/O firmness of up to 12 SD or 8 HD channels. The MediaServer 1200 is a stand-alone video server with the same features as the MediaClient, with built-in storage space of up to 16TB. Both the MediaClient and MediaServer will be tranquil by KCET around the Pebble Beach Automation program and will have back up encouragement by SeaChange's MediaController Tool, an easy-to-use program focus for conducting elementary ingest, playback, shave pleat and recording functions.

The SeaChange storage and server systems will be integrated with the SeaChange Media Architecture formed on open standards around 10GigE IP backbone. The SeaChange infrastructure moreover interfaces with third-party applications similar to Pebble Beach automation.