Product specifications

A Using AirSpeed 5000 with FTP
This section describes the AirSpeed 5000’s interoperability with FTP, including the following:
• General Guidelines on Using FTP with AirSpeed 5000
• AirSpeed 5000 MXF OP1A Files
• Supported Video and Audio Formats
• FTP Workflow Examples
General Guidelines on Using FTP with AirSpeed
5000
This topic contains some general guidelines on how AirSpeed 5000 supports the use of FTP to
transfer media files.
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In general, FTP functionality has been tested with a limited number of FTP clients and
workflows. Based on your particular tools and workflow, performance might vary, or may
require further actions.
• In order to use FTP with AirSpeed 5000, you need to check the FTP option, and supply an
FTP user name and password in the User’s page. You cannot use “admin” or “FTP” as FTP
user names. For more information, see the “The Users Page” on page 38.
• Regular transfers and FTP transfers share system resources (including CPU, disk, and
network bandwidth). As activity grows on the system, performance can be impacted.
Therefore, we recommend that you limit the total number of simultaneous transfers (shared
storage and FTP) to and from the system to no more than four. However, depending on your
workflow, you might be able to sustain more activity. Therefore, your results may vary.
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The limit of four simultaneous FTP transfers is based on 50mb formats where four channels are
in use and transferring data to and from shared storage (ISIS). If you are using higher bitrates,
your FTP transfers could be substantially slower.
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The priority of transfers will always be given to Shared storage transfers as opposed to FTP
transfers.