ShareFlex connections

A K2 Summit system supports up to four ShareFlex connections at the same time, one of which is guaranteed to be a real-time connection. The number of real-time connections depends on the number of active channel streams. ShareFlex connections beyond the real-time limit share the available network bandwidth, with performance similar to an FTP transfer. In addition, no more than eight total connections are supported.

Real-time connections act as if they are record channels on the K2 Summit system. The total number of active channel streams and real-time ShareFlex connections is subject to the supported channel stream limit for the given media type and bitrate.

The following examples are based on six DVCPROHD (DV100) channel streams, which is the maximum supported on a K2 Summit system.

Example 1: Two channels are recording DVCPROHD and two channels are playing DVCPROHD. This totals to four real-time streams. That leaves two real-time connections available, and those are used as ShareFlex connections. The total is now six real-time streams, which is the maximum supported. For the remaining two ShareFlex connections supported, the connections are not real time. This means there is a wait, similar to that for an FTP transfer, for the desired asset to be available on the ShareFlex connected system.
Example 2: Two ChannelFlex channels are recording DVCPROHD, which means each channel records two streams for a total of four real-time streams. In addition, two channels are playing DVCPROHD. The total is now six real-time streams, which is the maximum supported. However, since one real-time ShareFlex connection is guaranteed, there is another real-time connection available for ShareFlex only. The total is now seven connections. Since no more than eight total connections are supported, there is only one connection remaining for ShareFlex. This last ShareFlex connection is not a real-time connection.

Network usage on the network interface connector must be below 80% for ShareFlex to operate at these levels.

The following limitations also apply:

Limited to the maximum disk bandwidth supported.
Limited to the network bandwidth available.