Product specifications

86 •Avid|DS
Chapter 6 • Installing Avid|DS
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About the Avid
Indexing Services
There are two new services offered by Avid|DS to manage your projects and
media more efficiently.
The Avid Media Indexer is a service that manages the media on your local
workstation. You can also configure it to manage media on other connected
workstations. For more information, refer to Configuring Media Storages on
page 30 of the Avid|DS User’s Guide.
The media indexer runs on client workstations configured as:
• A standalone workstation
• A slave within an Avid|DS workgroup
•A master of an Avid|DS workgroup
The Avid Project Indexer is a service that runs only on a workstation that is
configured as the master of an Avid|DS workgroup. The project indexer tracks
all projects within an Avid|DS workgroup, so when the Purge command is
executed within the Avid|DS workgroup, the correct data is purged.
There are a few basic things you need to know about the indexing services
before you install the Avid|DS software:
Avid Project Indexer The Avid Project Indexer tracks and manages Avid|DS projects on all Avid|DS
workstations within the workgroup.
The Avid Project Indexer can only be installed on one workstation designated as the
workgroup master.
Note: The Project Indexer does not need to be installed on a workstation running
Avid|DS.
Avid Media Indexer The Avid Media Indexer is installed on each Avid|DS workstation and manages the
media on that workstation and other connected storages.
Note: This software is automatically installed on client workstations and RP stations,
but is enabled or disabled as needed—see About the Avid Indexing Services on
page 86 for more information.
Avid|Throttle
Manager
The Avid|Throttle Manager software can be installed only on one RP station. Since an
Avid|DS client workstation and an RP station can share the same storage, the Throttle
Manager software manages access to such shared storages, so that the RP station
doesn’t interfere with the client workstation during critical times such as playback,
capture, and output to tape—see Installing Avid|Throttle Manager on page 129.
Licensing Software This software is needed to validate the Avid|DS software. If you’re a new customer,
you must request a license file form Avid|DS. When Avid|DS sends you the license,
you install it on client workstations. Although a separate license is also needed for
the RP station, you can store that license on the Avid|DS client workstation and point
to it from the RP station.
Documentation The documentation library can be installed during the installation of the Avid|DS
software. If you do not to install the documentation library, you can still view it from
the Drivers CD.
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