Setup guide

Using This Guide
Congratulations on your purchase of an Avid
®
Nearchive
™
Base Server with the optional
Nearchive Storage System. The Nearchive Base Server and Storage System is available for
use in two forms:
• The Nearchive Base Server provides:
- Near-line storage for Avid Unity
™
MediaNetwork workgroups
- Storage for clips, sequences, and non-Avid objects in conjunction with the Avid
Composer Products editors
- Comprehensive search capabilities
- Fast drag-and-drop multithreaded transfers between Nearchive and Avid Composer
Products editors
- Hardware RAID protection
- Transfers over generic IP networks
• The Nearchive Storage System connects to the Nearchive Base Server to increase the
storage capacity.
This guide is intended for anyone who is installing, configuring, or maintaining a Nearchive
Base Server and Storage System. It provides installation and configuration information for
the Nearchive Base Server or Nearchive Storage System hardware and software.
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The documentation describes the features and hardware of all models. Therefore, your
system might not contain certain features and hardware that are covered in the
documentation.