Implementing Server-Based Systems in the Broadcast Environment

Abstract

This i3aiier will focus 011 rhe practical consideratioris of intpleiiieri ting n server irt a broadcast fiicility. Beyorid the selection process of the hardware cind sofiware iizvolved, ci siiccessfirl iiistallatioii and operation of 61 serverbased soliitiort involves a iiiiinber of factors to be lcikeii into cotisideration. These fiictors will be discussed, and a real-world case study will be presented as art illustrdoii. Broadcasters niovittg into the server-based production and pluyback areiici nlso need to be cognizcirit ofthe irnpcict a server will have on the daily operution of their facililies; iisiially there is an iritpcicl oit the way work is accontplishecl, prinzarily lo take advarituge of the tiew capabilities that a disk-based server ofers to the broadcast facility. A re-evaluation of job.fiirzctions a i d work jlow is usually an irztegral part qf the planning process prior to a server iiiil,Ienientcition. A framework for this process, as well as a case stircly for exanzimtion, will be offered.' 1 casters today find thcniselves B ro' at a significant technical crossroads: the transition from vidcotape to h a rd d i s k-based i n fras t r u c t 11 rcs .