GRASS VALLEY K2 FCP CONNECT Datasheet

K2 FCP Connect
Software
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the grass Valley
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application, including the gV connect
plug-in for Final cut pro and gV Browse
application, allows your Fcp system
to be tightly integrated with your K2,
aurora , and K2 Basecamp system.
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K2 FCP Connect for K2 SAN
Systems
K2 FCP Connect provides SAN
connectivity for FCP with bandwidth
Quality of Service and the ability to edit-
in-place growing content directly on K2
shared storage systems. It includes:
• K2 SAN license to enable iSCSI or
Fibre Channel connectivity
• GV CONNECT FCP plug-in to provide
a tight integration between the K2
and Aurora file systems and FCP . This
plug-in enables easy file transfers
between K2 or Aurora systems and
FCP , the ability to browse content
before transfers, and the option to
import an Aurora EDL. GV CONNECT
also enables the ability to edit growing
files by indicating when new content
is available. GV CONNECT now offers
the ability to connect to your Aurora
Playout X-MOS Server and read the
scripts from iNEWS and ENPS on your
FCP workstation.
KEY FEATURES
• Edit-in-Place directly on the K2 file
system without transferring files
• Edit growing files enables editing
to start shortly after a file starts
recording
• High-performance with iSCSI or Fibre
Channel connections for HD multi-
level editing
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K2 Fcp connect
Once installed, you can link K2 files to
the FCP bin, update the FCP bin with
new content from a growing file, and
save the finished edit back to the K2
SAN. A growing file is a file that is still
being recorded on the K2. This K2 file
is updated every 20 seconds and can
then be updated in the FCP bin by the
user.
• The GV BROWSE application, which
is launched from within FCP and
opens as a separate application. This
application lets the user connect to
the Aurora or K2 BaseCamp database
and search the content, browse the
proxies, and view metadata. The user
can then select what content to edit-
in-place in FCP in high resolution
K2 Storage Solutions
K2 offers various storage solutions for
shared storage applications depending
upon your requirements. All systems can
be configured with RAID-5 or RAID-6
and offer various levels of system
• Easy file transfers by providing a view
of the K2 file system with browse
capability from within FCP
• Quality of Service to evenly allocate
bandwidth between all users
• Script viewer window lets you see
your NRCS script from within FCP
(Aurora Playout and X-MOS Server
required)
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redundancy. When configuring any of
these storage solutions, bandwidth is
allocated for the editors using the K2
system's built-in QoS manager. This
ensures all editors get the bandwidth
they need.
Workgroup Editing SAN
For small workgroups, this is a pre-
configured, specially priced SAN system
for up to 10 Fibre Channel-attached
editors. It scales from 6 TB to 144 TB of
low-cost storage.
Production SAN Storage
For ingest and editing applications,
the production SAN expands on the
workgroup SAN concept but can be
configured with K2 clients for ingesting
material and can scale to a very large
number of editors as well as high
amounts of bandwidth and storage. This is
a cost-effective, scalable system that can
easily be expanded as your needs grow.
• GV BROWSE application lets you
connect to Aurora and K2 BaseCamp
and search, view proxies and
metadata off the database, and edit
high resolution material within FCP
• Ability to use K2 FCP Connect features
via CIFS mount to a standalone K2
client