Setup guide

4 Installing Your Shared Storage and
Device Service
This chapter contains some optional tasks you must perform based on how you are using the
AirSpeed 5000 server for your site.
Topics in this chapter include:
• Determining Your AirSpeed 5000 Environment
• Shared Storage and Device Service Checklist
• (Option) Installing the AirSpeed Multi Stream Device Service
Determining Your AirSpeed 5000 Environment
The Avid AirSpeed 5000 server can be configured in one of three ways:
•In a Standalone Video Server environment, the AirSpeed 5000 uses only its own internal
storage for storing clips. Clips can be transferred directly between the Avid Editor (Media
Composer or NewsCutter) and the AirSpeed 5000.
•In a Team environment, AirSpeed 5000 uses shared storage (no Interplay). Clips are
transferred directly between the AirSpeed 5000 and the shared storage.
•In an Interplay Production environment, the AirSpeed 5000 operates as a member of an
integrated Interplay workgroup and ISIS Shared storage environment. Clips are transferred
directly between the AirSpeed 5000 and the shared storage.
While you must configure the Avid Service Framework for your environment, Procedures on
how to configure your system for any of these environments, as well as how to perform other
administrator tasks is contained in the AirSpeed 5000 Management Console, and more detail is
provided in the accompanying Online Help.