Introduction To The Lanserver Ex3 Workgroup - Avid Technology Unity LANserver EX3 Setup Manual

Introduction to the LANserver EX3 Workgroup

Storage and
MediaNetwork file system
The LANshare workgroup uses a LANserver EX3 to provide low-resolution
clients access to MediaNetwork workspaces (shared folders) over a fast
Ethernet network (see
LANshare workgroup provides high-resolution clients access to
MediaNetwork workspaces over a Fibre Channel Arbitrated Loop. The
LANserver EX3 allows clients to mount up to 21 MediaNetwork workspaces.
You can have several LANshare workgroups at your site, each accommodating
multiple Fibre Channel and Ethernet clients.
LANshare LANserver EX3 Infrastructure
Gigabit Ethernet
LANserver EX
Fibre Channel storage
...Up to 5 Fibre Channel clients
MediaNetwork workspaces, exported by the LANserver EX3, can be mounted
on Fibre Channel clients and Ethernet clients, and then accessed in the same
manner as local drives. Clients can then play, record, and edit media on the
MediaNetwork workspaces using a high-performance networking protocol
optimized by Avid for real-time media transfer. Real-time media reads and
writes are not possible unless the connected clients are running a qualified
Avid editing application and have the MediaNetwork client software installed.
See the Avid Unity LANserver EX3 Release Notes for a list of supported Avid
editing applications and supported video resolutions for both Fibre Channel
and Ethernet clients.
The LANshare LANserver EX3 requires an application key (commonly called
a dongle). LANshare clients do not require LANshare application keys – their
licenses are handled separately by the LANserver EX3. However, the clients
do require application keys to run the Avid Composer Products software.
These application keys ship with that software.
Introduction to the LANserver EX3 Workgroup
"LANshare LANserver EX3
100BASE-T Ethernet
Infrastructure"). The
Ethernet client
Ethernet client
Ethernet client
Ethernet client
...Up to 20 clients
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