The ability to grow and shrink your hybrid infrastructure is tantalising. Lawo HOME Apps provide this and more
ith its HOME Apps, Lawo has embarked on a path involving standard servers. This isn’t actually anything new; its
the emergence of new entrants that do things differently, it was high time for a solution that’s able to keep pace with new developments as they emerge. An app-based approach offers the ability to change course without replacing compute hardware on-site or in your data centre. For those wary of software subscriptions, Lawo is pleased to announce that operators will remain in the driver’s seat. Unlike other software-based schemes, Lawo’s HOME Apps allow operators to purchase perpetual licences that are functionally identical to those for the vm-series apps they know from the V__matrix platform. The main benefit will be that changing bandwidth requirements no longer require the replacement of processing blades. Instead, the network interface card (NIC) on the standard server can be exchanged for a higher-bandwidth one when necessary. This is only one of the benefits of abstracting the broadcast and media processing functionality from the hardware. GIVE ME MORE Lawo’s HOME Apps can be spun up wherever it’s most convenient for the job at hand: on-premise, in an OB
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VSM broadcast control system and theWALL software for configuring of multiviewers have always run on commercial off-the-shelf servers. The shift does, however, mean that video processing will no longer require Lawo-branded, software-definable FPGA hardware. If this sounds a little too futuristic for comfort, fear not. HOME, Lawo’s overarching management system, and the VSM broadcast control system, are here to ensure that your existing hardware will still be precious going forward. More importantly, HOME Apps can be spun up and configured simply by pressing the ‘New App’ button, selecting the processing type and setting the available parameters. LOGICALLY SPEAKING As the broadcast and AV industries continue changing faster and faster, new delivery channels, a variety of source and destination formats and ever tighter budget constraints become the new reality. Coupled with
truck, a private cloud (remote data centre) or the public cloud. This is precious for peak moments such as football tournaments, song contests, award ceremonies and elections – situations that require more processing capability than a broadcaster or broadcast service provider needs for the rest of the year. Planning for exceptional events before ordering new hardware used to be a delicate job; specifying too much hardware for cruise-speed operation meant long idle times for certain devices. An approach like this has become increasingly unsustainable. Plus, hardware you purchase may be obsolete or too slow in a year’s time
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