Product specifications

5 Media Indexer Changes for Interplay v3.0
This chapter covers the following topics:
• Increased Monitoring Capacity
• Configuring Media Indexers for Interplay v3.0
• Configuring Media Indexer Servers and Clients
For information specific to using AMA material in Interplay, see “Configuring the Media
Indexer to Index AMA” on page 27.
Increased Monitoring Capacity
Starting at Interplay v3.0, a Media Indexer application running on an AS3000 server with 36 GB
of RAM can index up to 10 million data sources. An AS3000 with the standard 12 GB of RAM
can index up to 5 million data sources.
The term data source is more accurate than file count. A data source can be defined as follows:
• There is usually one data source per mxf file.
• For multitrack audio, there is one data source per audio track in the audio mxf file
• For AMA media there is one data source per track.
Configuring Media Indexers for Interplay v3.0
Starting at Interplay v3.0 and Media Composer v7.0, there is a new method for connecting to
Media Indexer servers. The Media Indexer does not rely on Avid Service Framework (ASF) for
communication between Media Indexer clients and servers. Instead, the Media Indexer uses
messaging technology to communicate with the clients. The following checklist shows the steps
required to upgrade a site to use Media Indexer v3.0.