Brad Gilmer

The author discusses key features and considerations for RAIDs used in the broadcast and post-production environments

Subnets are critical to understanding how the Internet works.

By now, most broadcasters have heard the term RAID. RAID stands for redundant array of inexpensive disks. Typically, RAID systems work by storing a little

The author examines the layered approach to networking

Abroadcast engineer's number one job is to keep the facility on the air. When it comes to security, our focus has been on how to acquire the advantages

This month we are going to look at how Fibre Channel and Ethernet can be used together in the broadcast facility. Sometimes this discussion is cast as

VoIP is destined to become the predominant technology for the transport of professional video over WANs.

Network security is an important topic for many broadcasters these days and for obvious reasons. The impact of a breach on our business is potentially

Choosing the right hardware is critical to reliable operations.

Paying attention to network architecture can keep media networks operating efficiently

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Careful planning can keep your facility on the air

I spoke with several broadcasters about security for this month's column. Two topics came up repeatedly firewall technology and password security. Firewalls

Video over Internet Protocol (IP) affects just about all video-related industries — broadcast, post, news and live sports.

As broadcasters deploy networking throughout their facilities, security is a constant concern. Many facilities have developed comprehensive security policies

Network addressing is fundamental to all networked professional video facilities, so it is important to have a solid understanding of how it works.

Some of the things here are contradictory but, in a perfect world, we could have anything we want, even if some of our wants conflicted.