Chapter 1 ’Overview’ — Purpose
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Purpose
The Electra VS Video System is a fully-integrated video solution tailored
for all new convergent applications such as Web TV and Over-The-Top
(OTT) service delivery, as well as traditional television delivery
(Terrestrial /Satellite/IPTV).
The Electra VS provides a flexible way to design workflows. The
Workflow Builder allows the creation of live, file-based and mixed
workflows, for any kind of network.
Combining all the major audio/video codecs and the latest adaptive
streaming formats, the Electra VS provides a unique answer to IPTV
delivery, Mobile 3G/4G, Web TV streaming and OTT services
broadcasting.
Simplicity: one unique graphical user interface lets you control and
monitor hundreds of channels simultaneously. With built-in 10GigE
switches, racking and cabling nightmares vanish.
Reliability: built around highly resilient IT platforms equipped with
hot-swappable, redundant components, the Electra VS provides native
load-balancing and system redundancy to avoid downtime.
Scalability: from a single-server to multi-blade systems, the Electra VS is
designed to scale and grow with your business.
Flexibility: the Electra VS allows heterogeneous architectures (SDI and IP
inputs depending on the server type) and simultaneous live and off line
encoding.
The Electra VS can be delivered in different ways:
Hardware delivery
: In this way the Electra VS software is delivered
installed on an HP server (1RU/6RU/10RU platform)
Software only delivery
: In this way the Electra VS software is delivered
with an Operating System and must be installed on a
HP/Dell/Cisco/Fujitsu server not provided.
Virtualization delivery
: In this way a Virtual machine including an
Operating system and Electra VS application is delivered.