Instruction manual

VBrick VOD-WM Server Admin Guide 1
Chapter 1
Server Overview
VBrick's VOD-WM Server has been integrated with the EtherneTV family of products
including the Portal Server, the WM Network Video Appliance, the Scheduler, and the
Network Video Recorder (NVR). The VOD-WM delivers stored Windows Media assets as
unicast/multicast streams across an Ethernet network and is built on a Dell hardware
platform. Other features include the ability to schedule asset playback, asset searching, user
and system statistics, and more. The Portal Server is required to gain the full benefits of the
VOD-WM server and is sold separately. In order to set up the Portal Server, follow the
directions in the EtherneTV Portal Server Admin Guide. Once the Portal Server is setup, you
can access video on the VOD-WM server through the Portal Server web interface.
Topics in this chapter
Feature Overview. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1
VOD-WM Server Software . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3
Technical Support . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4
Feature Overview
VBrick VOD-WM servers provide interactive, on-demand playback of Windows Media video
that is stored on the server with a variety of methods. The VOD-WM servers are a basic
component in the VBrick's EtherneTV solution and work seamlessly with the EtherneTV
Portal Server. They ingest and deliver unicast (or multicast) streams in Windows Media
format. The VOD-WM Server supports Fast Forward and Rewind. The general
specifications for the VOD-WM servers are shown below. See the Dell documents listed in
Related Publications
on page v for more information.
Table 1. VOD-WM Server Specifications
Model Hardware † Software †† Content Drives
(Internal)
Content Drives
(External) †††
Basic Dell 1950 Standard Edition 1–2 (300GB) 5 drives per 1.5TB (27TB
max) Hardware RAID5
Basic Dell 1950 Enterprise Edition 1–2 (300GB)
Advanced Dell 2950 Standard Edition 4 (146GB)
Hardware RAID5
Advanced Dell 2950 Enterprise Edition
(supports
multicast)
4 (146GB)
Hardware RAID5
† Dell PowerEdge Server (rack-mounted)
†† Microsoft Windows Server 2003
††† Dell MD1000 SAS with 1.5TB – 27TB (6 x 4.5TB).