Outdoor Channel Upgraded Harris Server and Storage Solution

Outdoor Channel, America’s Leader In Outdoor TV, has upgraded its existing Harris Corp.‘s server and storage solution to create new ingest and playout efficiencies while maximizing on-air content protection.

 
The upgrade, which went live this month, includes a new Harris NEXIO Farad high-volume online storage solution to replace its legacy Harris system. The transition also expedites the ingest process by allowing Outdoor Channel personnel to natively ingest all SD and HD programs.
 
NEXIO Farad, introduced in 2011, supports the bandwidth and storage needs for larger scale production applications – including ingest, editing and playout for production, sports, news and live events. Benefits include flexible capacity and bandwidth for storage growth, HA for failsafe, continuous operations, and collaboration across facilities for shared access in fast-turnaround environments – reducing time to air.
 
The transition also minimizes rack space and file storage requirements by eliminating the need to create and store separate SD and HD files on different storage systems. Harris NEXIO AMP video servers play content directly from Farad shared storage and automatically upconvert or downconvert SD and HD content as required for the desired play-to-air format.
 
Moreover, content protection is maximized through Intrinsic Mirroring, a patented Harris technology that mirrors content within Farad RAID-601 storage during the ingest process. All servers have redundant connections to the Farad shared storage, which ensures channels remain on the air if there is a cabling or related fault.
 
The Outdoor Channel’s solution provides sharable and scalable storage throughout the entire content lifecycle, while offering high level of digital asset protection.