Brad Gilmer

Building disaster-resistant computer networks with fault tolerance and high availability.

SAN or NAS? The two systems use fundamentally different approaches to providing users with access to shared storage, each with its own unique benefits. The choice is yours

Having an industrial-strength network is one way to enable collaborative workflow

Building a network for broadcast involves some special considerations. This article spells them out for you.

Just what constitutes a high-speed network depends upon your point of view. If you are running a 10Base-T network using a simple hub, then a 100Base-T

Learn to locate “invisible” servers, and how to setup firewalls for specialized applications in this tutorial on troubleshooting networks for broadcast operations.

Find out how workstation users with different operating systems can share files on a common server.

Discover how these content-location systems work and find out how to best implement one at your facility.

A short primer on Internet network protocols for production professionals covers a few of the major protocols in use today

To get the most out of your network infrastructure, pay attention to details such as cabling. There are always areas in which a good engineer can economize,

Need Ethernet cables? Make sure you buy the right kind. Need to wire them yourself? Here’s how

An overview of networking fundamentals for people who are looking to increase their knowledge of computer basics.

The interesting thing about this phenomenon is that there are people reading this column right now who are system administrators in their organizations but don’t realize it

As a post-production facility grows, the network that serves it must undergo radical changes to keep up.

Here’s a look at the technology and techniques you can use to back up your facility’s precious data.

Conecting a traffic and automation system

People who design computer networks for professional television applications face a dilemma. Users almost universally demand Internet connectivity. But

In many cases, the production professional requires the bandwidth, speed, reliability and fault tolerance of enterprise technology

Find out how SAN works and whether it is best for you.

Interactive Television (iTV) is a hot topic these days. Almost all the heavy hitters - Microsoft, Intel, Sony and AOL - have made major investments in

When a new project comes up, it is very tempting to dig into the drawer to see if you have the hardware you need

MXF, when combined with Descriptive Metadata Scheme 1 (DMS-1) is a powerful enabling technology