1 Avid FastServe | Ingest / FastServe | Live Edit
Server Overview
This guide covers everything you need to know to unpack, install and configure your FastServe |
Live Edit and FastServe | Ingest server hardware and software.
This chapter provides an overview of the FastServe | Live Edit and FastServe | Ingest server, starting
wi
th how to unpack and inspect your server.
Once you have unpacked and inspected your server, the feat
ures and hardware of the FastServe | Live
Edit and FastServe | Ingest server are discussed.
n
Depending on your server or model configuration, your Avid FastServe | Ingest or FastServe | Live
Edit server might not contain certain features and hardware that are covered in this guide.
FastServe | Live Edit / FastServe | Ingest is a multi ch
annel video server, that provides ingest, real-
time NetStream to shared storage, E2E confidence preview channels and editing tools.
FastServe | Live Edit / FastServe | Ingest currently supports up to four UHD channels or eight HD
channe
ls.
FastServe | Live Edit / FastServe | Ingest
server uses a 3U chassis containing sixteen video disks,
with quick access to the front panel for disk replacement.
To safeguard system integrity, FastServe
| Live Edit / FastServe | Ingest runs on two system disks,
using separate RAID 1 protection, and a dual hot swap power supply. The video storage disks use
RAID 60 dual parity protection.
Topics in this chapter include:
• Unpacking
and Inspecting Your Server
• Hardware Components
Unpacking and Inspecting Your Server
This topic provides information on how to unpack your server and associated components, and
inspect it to verify that you have received the appropriate components for your order, and that the
components are not damaged in any way.
For more information, see “Unpack and Inspect Checklist” on page 11.