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Spectrum™

Media Server Solutions

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Benefits

As the established market leader in video server and storage technologies, Harmonic’s Spectrum™ media server family provides the ideal platform for producers and television professionals to streamline their operation and implement file-based workflows. Spectrum servers are used by broadcasters worldwide to support efficient tapeless television operations, while ensuring maximum reliability and flexibility. Broadcasters of all sizes have deployed Spectrum systems to achieve a range of objectives:

• Migratefromanalogtodigitaltocomplywithnationalregulations• Transitionfromtapetodisktoimproveoperationalefficiency• UpgradefromSDtoHDtoimprovebroadcastquality• Expandfromsinglechanneltomulti-channeloperationstoaddressincreasedmarketdemand• Simplifyplayoutworkflowswithchannel-in-a-boxsolutionsthatintegratepreviouslydiscrete

branding and switching functionality

By combining expertise in broadcast media technologies with the best practices of information technology, Spectrumdeliverscost-effective,openandflexiblemediaserversthatmeetthedemandingrequirementsof broadcast environments.

Modular architectureTheSpectrummediaserversystemisdesignedaroundamodulararchitecturethatallows formaximumconfigurationflexibilityandadaptabilitytofuturechanges.Everysystemcanbepreciselytailoredtoeachcustomer’suniquerequirements,andnewchannels,morestorage—evenmoresystembandwidth—canbe added at any time. Because major elements of a Spectrum system are contained within independent components, reliability and fault tolerance are maximized. In the unlikely event of a failure of one component, the rest of the system can continue to operate uninterrupted.

Spectrum System Configurations

Ethernet

SAS

MediaPort 7000

MediaDirector

MediaStore

ChannelPort

Ethernet

MediaPort 7000

MediaCenter

ChannelPort

Spectrum MediaDirector 2202

Spectrum MediaDirector 2202

600GB 600GB 600GB 600GB 600GB 600GB 600GB 600GB 600GB 600GB 600GB 600GB 600GB 600GB 600GB 600GB 600GB 600GB 600GB 600GB 600GB 600GB 600GB 600GB

Build your Spectrum media server system exactly the way you want, precisely suitedtoyourrequirementstodayandeasily adaptable as your needs change.

investMent ProtectionSupportnewservicessuchasHDand3Dbysimplyaddingnewcomponentsto your existing system, completely protecting your investment.

WorkfloW siMPlicitySpectrum components such as the new ChannelPort integrated branding module strip away the complexity of broadcast infrastructures by merging multiple capabilities onto a single device.

freedoM to chooseBuilt around open standards and APIs, Spectrum systems enable best-of-breed solution deployment for automation, production and archiving.

scalabilitySpectrum’s industry-leading scalable architecture allows channels, storage, bandwidth and redundancy to scale in smart, cost-effective increments.

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sMart scalability™WithSpectrum’suniquemodulararchitecture,addingstorageorchannelsisassimpleasplugginginanewcomponent.SpectrumserversystemsbuiltaroundMediaDirector™controllersaredesignedwithSmartScalability™,ensuringthattheinvestmentisalwaysprotected.Virtuallyeveryfunctionofthesystemisindependently scalable, so users are not locked into an architecture that doesn’t fit evolving needs. Smart Scalability allows an initial system configuration to preciselymatchacustomer’srequirements,andthengrowinsmart,manageableincrements.Inmanycases,theseupgradesandadditionscanbeperformedon a system without taking it off the air.

flexibility to fit any WorkfloWAs the industry’s leading media server platform, Spectrum systems are deployed in hundreds of broadcast facilities throughout the world, supporting every type of broadcast workflow, including:

• Transmission,livestudioproductionandnewsproduction• Smallfacilitiesrequiringjustafewchannelstothelargesttransmissionandproductionenvironments• Internationalbroadcasterswithmultiplelanguagerequirements

Spectrumserverflexibilitystartswiththebroadestsupportformultiplevideoformatsandfilewrappers.Userscanchoosethecomponentsthatmatchtheirrequirements,ratherthanhavingtoadjusttoalimitedselectionofvideoformats.Inadditiontobroadmediaformatsupport—includingAVC-Intra,ProRes422andPitchBlue®—Spectrumserversprovideawiderangeofpowerfulmediaprocessingfunctionsneededacrossmanydifferenttypesoffacilities,including:

• Back-to-backplaybackofclipsofdifferentformats• LaybackofSDandHDclipsonthesametimeline• Integratedup/down/crossconversion• Upto96channelsofaudiopervideoclip,andAPI-basedtrackstackingformulti-languageapplications• Aspectratiosignalingtodownstreamequipment• FullVBIandVANCsupport• Onboardsubtitleinsertion• EmergencyAlertSystemsupport

Platform flexibility extends to the applications used to drive broadcast operations. Spectrum servers leverage industry-standard media wrappers (including QuickTimeandMXF)aswellasopennetworkingprotocols(includingFTP,AFPandCIFS)toenabledirectaccesstocontentbyanyfile-basedmediaapplication.Combined, these features give broadcasters the freedom to choose from the widest range of best-of-breed applications for an end-to-end solution.

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rock-solid reliabilityMediaserversarecomplexandincorporateahugenumberofbothmovingandnon-movingparts—allofwhicharesusceptibletofailure.Themeasureofreliability for a media server is not how rarely a component fails but rather what happens to the overall system when a component does fail. Spectrum media server systems are designed specifically to eliminate all single points of failure, and isolate potential failure points so that if one component does go down, it doesnotdisruptoperationsacrosstherestofthesystem.Reliabilitybenefitsinclude:

• DisconnectionofamediaI/Omodulecausesonlythatunittostopoperatinguntilreplacedorreconnected,whilenoothercomponentinthesystemisaffected.• InasystemconstructedwithmultipleMediaDirectorsystemcontrolunits,thefailureofonedoesnotdisruptfilesystemaccessbyallothers.• RedundantSAScablingtothediskstoragearraysensurescontinuousoperationsevenintheeventofabrokenordisconnectedcable.• Failureofadiskdrivedoesnotresultinlossofcontentorevenadroppedframe;andwithsoftware-basedsmartdatarebuildprocedures,theexposure

toasecondfailureissignificantlyreducedcomparedtohardware-basedRAIDsystems.• Redundant,hot-swappablepowersuppliesofferhighreliabilityandsimplifiedserviceability.

TheisolationofcomponentfailurestominimizeoverallsystemvulnerabilityisakeyarchitecturaladvantageoftheSpectrumsystem,loweringtheriskofacatastrophic failure since the impact of a failed component is limited to only a portion of the system. Components are also hot-swappable, so they can be quicklyreplacedwhilethesystemremainsoperational.

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channelPort branded channel Playout ModuleChannelPort™acceleratesthedeploymentofnewSDandHDtelevisionchannelsbyintegratingbrandingandmastercontrolswitchingwithclipplaybackonasingle device. Possessing powerful channel-in-a-box capabilities, ChannelPort modules enable the keying of multilayer motion graphics, digital video effects and dynamic text over recorded clips or live video to produce rich on-air looks. Integrated voice-over and software tools for previewing graphics further streamline playout workflows, while support for leading automation systems offers customers the freedom to choose the workflow solution that best fits their needs.

FullycompatiblewithSpectrumMediaDirector,MediaCenter™andMediaDeck™7000servers,ChannelPortmodulesfitseamlesslyintoexistingproductionandplayout infrastructures, reducing complexity, conserving rack space, and cutting the time it takes to launch new services. By reducing the number of discrete devicesrequiredtoproduceanddistributebrandedprogramming,capitalexpendituresaredramaticallylowered.ChannelPort’sindustry-leadingchanneldensity,low power consumption and reliability also help to cut operating expenses.

Mediadirector server controllersMediaDirectorcontrollersarethecoreoflargeSpectrumserversystems,activelymanagingtheflowofdatatoandfromotherSpectrumcomponents,suchasMediaStore™storagearraysandMediaPort™7000mediaI/Omodules.Thecontrollersprovidethenecessaryprocessingpowerandinterfaceconnectionstosupportawiderangeofconfigurationsandworkflows.EachMediaDirectorunitcontainsprocessingpowerthatcanbededicatedtoeitherreal-timeorIPpacket processing, as well as a number of interfaces for both internal and external connectivity, including:

• High-speedconnectivitytomediaI/Omodules• InterfacestoMediaStore5000SASstoragearrays• EthernetportsforconnectivitytoexternalapplicationsandstoragedevicesoverFTP,AFPorCIFS

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MultipleMediaDirectorunitscanbelinkedtogetherwhilestillsharingacommonfilesystemtocreatemassivescalabilityofchannelsorIPbandwidthorboth.Thecontrollers individually and as a cluster, strictly manage overall system bandwidth to ensure uninterrupted real-time operations, even under heavy IP file transfer loads.

MediaDirectorcontrollersaredesignedwithaFlash®-basedreal-timeOSforfaststartupanddisklessoperation,eliminatingtheriskofasystemdiskfailure.ThecomponentsutilizesoftwareRAIDfilesystemmanagementformoreefficientrecoveryofdataintheeventofadiskdrivefailure.Toensuresystemresiliencyandmaximumreliability,allMediaDirectorshaveredundantpowersuppliesandcoolingfansforuninterruptedoperation.

Mediacenter server controllers with integrated storageMediaCenter isamulti-channelcontroller forSpectrummediaservers thatcombines integratedstoragewithMediaPortconnectivity todelivermoderatechannelcountsandflexibilityatanexceptionalvalue.MediaCentercontrollerssupportupto16TBofHDDor4.8TBofSSDstorage,uptothreefullypopulatedexternalMediaPortI/Odevicesforfourto12channelsofmulti-formatrecordandplay,andallSpectrum-compatiblesoftwareapplications.LikeallSpectrumfamilyproducts,MediaCentersystemsprovidethehighestdegreeofreliabilityandserviceabilitythroughredundantandhot-swappablecomponents,suchaspower supplies, fans and disk drives.

MediaPort 7000 i/o ModulesMediaPort7000I/Omodulesperformsystem-wideencodinganddecodingforreal-timeingestandplayoutofcontentonSpectrummediaservers.ThemodulesattachinmanageableincrementssothatSpectrumsystemscanbeconfiguredtomeetexactrequirementsforchannelcountandvideocompressionformats.Whenexpansionisneeded,additionalMediaPort7000modulescanbeaddedwithout taking down the system.

Video, audio and timecode information is stored as data on the Spectrum. MediaPort modulesaccuratelycaptureandreplayallinformationcontainedinthevideostream—includingVBIandVANC.Themodulessupportupto16channelsofembeddedaudio,fullysupportingeventhemostdemandingmulti-languagebroadcasting requirements.CodecsupportonMediaPort7000units includeSD/HDMPEG-2, SDDV (DV 25, DVCPRO 25, DVCPRO 50), DVCPROHD, XDCAMHD, ProRes 422, AVC-Intra(Class50andClass100)andVC-3(SMPTE2019-1).Allcodecspresentinthemoduleareavailableforseamless, frame-accurateback-to-backplayout. Support forup to16 channelsof embeddedaudioallowSpectrumuserstotackleeventhemostdemandingmulti-languagebroadcastingrequirements.

Mediastore 5000 storage arraysMediaStore5000storagearraysprovidescalableandreliablehigh-performancesharedstorageforallcontentstoredinhigh-channel-countSpectrumsystems.AMediaStore5000arraymaycontainupto24high-performanceSASdiskdrives,withseveralcapacityoptionstoallowbroadcasterstotailorasystemtotheirneeds.SinceallofthedisksubsystemmanagementisprovidedinsoftwarebyMediaDirectorcontrollers,includingallfilesystemandRAIDinformation,nohardwarecontrollerisrequired,simplifyingtheserversystemarchitecture.

Spectrum systems support advancedprefailure storagediagnostics, allowingoperators to proactively replace drives before critical errorsmight occur.User-configurablealertsandnotificationsfurtherenablebroadcasterstomaintainandmanageMediaStorestoragesystems.Independentandredundanthot-swappablepower supplies with automatic failover, hot-swappable disk drives, hot spares and integrated fans all combine to offer the highest level of hardware resiliency.

MediaStore5000arrayssupportupto15.7TBofusablecapacityinasinglearraywhenequippedwith24900-GBSASdrives.UptofourarraysmaybelinkedinasingleSpectrumsystem,creatingasharedpoolofusableonlinestorageupto62.8TB.Configurationswith300-GBand600-GBdrivesarealsosupported,andstorage capacity can be added at any time without disrupting on-air operations.

Mediadeck 7000 integrated Media serverMediaDeck7000serversdeliverthebroadcastqualityandmission-criticalreliabilityoftheworld’sleadingtransmissionserverinaconvenientandcost-effectivepackage.Theintegratedsystempacksuptofourvideochannels,GigabitEthernetconnectivityand3+1RAIDHDDorSSDstorageintoacompact1-RUchassis.WithaMediaDeck7000system,eventhesmallestbroadcastandvideoproductionoperationscanimplementrobustserver-basedingestandplayoutoperations—orsophisticatedfile-basedworkflows—forabroadrangeofvideoformats.BasedontheprovenSpectrumarchitecture,MediaDeck7000serversareimmediatelydeployable with over a hundred third-party automation and production applications.