System Requirements

The following are required and/or recommended for Media Flow Controller optimal performance. For the most up-to-date and complete information, see the Media Flow Controller With VXA Series and Media Flow Manager datasheet.

 

Table 2 Media Flow Controller System Requirements  

Hardware	Description
Processor	One quad-core (2.0 GHz or higher) x86 64-bit processor (second quad-core processor recommended for future capacity expansion).
RAM	8GB to 16GB (or more) depending on throughput requirements.
Direct Attached Storage (DAS)	Up to 16 DAS drives (SATA or SAS), either hard disk or solid state disks, depending on server model and amount of cache. 72 GB minimum for boot drive. 32 GB minimum recommended for additional drives (used for cache only).
Network Attached Storage	NFS (Network File System) supported for handling cache misses.
Network Interfaces	Dedicated GbE ports for content delivery.
Management Interface	Dedicated 1GbE port. Note that network ports on the motherboard use lower performance controllers adequate for a management interface that typically does not require the full GbE capacity.