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 | Content Drives |
| | | | (Internal) | (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 | 4 (146GB) | |
| | | (supports | Hardware RAID5 | |
| | | multicast) | | |
| | | | | |
†Dell PowerEdge Server (rack-mounted) †† Microsoft Windows Server 2003
††† Dell MD1000 SAS with 1.5TB – 27TB (6 x 4.5TB).
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