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System Factors• MediaServer8nowsupportsSQLServer2012• New64-bitMediaServerStorageproceduresnowsupportthe
storageandclientdownloadofindividualhigh-resolutionfilesgreaterthan2GBinsize.(Requires64-bitOSand64-bitSQLServerversions).
• NowsupportsWindowsintegratedauthenticationforSQLSysAdminlevelusers.
• NewRoleSecurityfeatureensuresallMediaServerdatabaseelementsareattherecommendedsecuritylevel.
• NewsupportforEXIFMakerNotessegment,whichisnowautomaticallyextractedandinsertedwitheachrecordintotheMediaServer8databaseforenhancedmetadatapreview.
• Supportsnewlibrarygroupingfacility,configurablewithintheMediaServer8Adminutilitysupportsdraganddropofselectedlibrariesintologicalgroups.ThisfeatureisparticularlyusefulwhentheMediaServer8systemisbeingsharedbymultiplesites,andwhereeachsitehasbeenprovidedit’sownsetoflibraries.
• MediaServer8ReportingmodulenowsupportsProjectrelatedactivities.
SCC Lucene Type 3 Search/Index Engine (New)• Type3indexesinMediaServer8arenowmuchsmallerthan
theequivalentType2indexesinthepreviousMediaServerversion.50%reductionsinindexsizehavebeenobserved.
• SupportsbackupofType3LuceneindexesincompressedZipformat.
• LuceneBooleansearchoperatorsAND,OR,NOTarenowcaseinsensitive.
• NewLuceneIndexDesignerglobalcharactermapfacilityallowscontrolofexactlywhichcharactersareincludedorexemptedfromLucenewordindexing.
• AddsgranularLuceneindexingsupportforTableValuedAttributes(TVA)newinMediaServer8.
• Distributed“Multi-Node”operation.TheLuceneSearchandIndexingenginenowsupportsinstallationacrossmultiplenodesinaWindowsServerClusterallowingincreasedparallelism.
• Inthecaseofa4-nodeClusterconfiguration,SQLServerwouldbeinstalledandconfiguredtorunprimarilyonNode1,SCCLuceneEngineinstalledandconfiguredtorunprimarilyonNode2,SCCWebAccessModuleinstalledandconfigured
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torunprimarilyonNode3,andSCCMediaFactory8serviceinstalledandconfiguredtorunprimarilyonNode4,therebytakingfulladvantageofall4serversinparallel.
• Cluster-awaredesignallowsanynodetotakeovertheoperationofanyothernodeintheeventoffailureorplanneddowntime.
• Forevenlargermulti-nodeClusterdesigns,theSCCLuceneType3SearchandIndexingenginecanbeconfiguredtorunacrossmultipleadditionalservernodes,uptoamaximumofonenodeperlibraryforunprecedentedscalability.
• NewLuceneStemExclusionsfeatureallowstheimportandexportofadelimitedlistofwordsforexclusionfromtheLucenesearchenginewordstemmingalgorithm.
Table Valued Attributes (New)• Addsadvancedsearch,displayandeditsupportforthenew
SCC“TableValuedAttribute”(TVA)columntype.
• LikeotherSCCMediaServerattributes,TableValuedAttributescanbeaddedtoanyexistinglibraryforthepurposeofstoringcontent.InthiscasetheTVAattributeactuallyreferencesasecondary“child”library,whereeachvaluecontainedintheTVAlistelementmapstocolumnswithinindividualrowsintheTVAchildlibrary.
• ValuesfromeachTVAlistelementcanbeindividuallysearchedaccordingtoeachvaluesdatatype(integer,date/time,textetc.)witheachcolumnsortedlogically.InfacttheTVAattributebehavesjustlikeaseparatetablebutallwithintherealmoftheparentlibrary.
MediaServer 8 User Management (Enhanced)• Newdownloadconstraintsfacility,configurableinboth
standaloneandADsnap-inMediaServer8UserManagementutilities.
• Twomodesofoperation:“DownloadConstraintByAge”and“DownloadConstraintByWhere”statement.
• TheDownloadConstraintByAgesettingchecksforvaluesintwoMediaServerlibrarydateattributes:“DownloadOnorAfter”and“DownloadOnorBefore”.Thedatevaluesenteredintotheseattributesdeterminethedownloadable“lifespan”ofanMediaServerrecord.Whenthislifespanexpirestherecordcanbesearchedanddisplayed(asbefore)butnolongerdownloaded.
• TheDownloadConstraintByWhere”statementappliestoallrecordsinaparticularlibrary,andonlyallowsrecordstobedownloadedthatmatchthecriteriaspecifiedinthe“where”statement.
User Manager Snap-In for AD (Enhanced)• NewPluginsupportsx64versionofUsers/ComputersMMC.• MediaServer8instancescannowbeenteredmanually
replacingtheneedtoregisterSQLServerwithinAD.RequiredforcompatibilitywithSQLServer2012.
• NowsupportsADuserslocatedacrosstrusteddomains.
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• Providessupportsfornewdownloadconstraintsfacility.• New‘CloneRole’featureallowsanewroletobeeasily
createdfromanexistingselectedrole.• NewabilitytoselectmultipleusersfromanyADUser
containersupportsbatchuserroleandpermissionassignment.
• NewRole/Userimportfilesupportallowsbulkuser/roleassignmentfromadelimitedbatchfile.
Video Support Module (New)• Addssupportforarangeofvideoformatsforinsertionintoa
MediaServer8system.• Themoduleincludesatranscodingservicethatautomatically
transformsincomingvideofilesintorichmediapackagesconsistingofhighdefinitionvideo,thumbnails,keyframes,andproxiesofvaryingsizeandresolution,readyforinsertion.
• ThemoduleincludesaRichInternetApplication(RIA)Viewerthatusesstreamingtechnologytoprovideinstantplaybackfromanypointinavideo,andenablingsimplepointandclickframenavigationfromthekeyframesstrip(storyboard)belowthevideowindow.
• IncludesBrightcoveinterfacetoallowMediaServer8systemsequippedwiththeVideoSupportModuletoconnecttoaBrightcovecustomerportaltocontinuallyretrieveanddownloadvideocontentmeetingpre-configuredcriteria(age,matchingmetadatavaluesetc.).
• ProvidesautomatedvideoarchivingofBrightcovedatatotheSCCMediaServersystem.
Twitter Reader Module (New)• IncludedwiththeRSSReaderModule.• Automaticallyandcontinuallyretrievesandinterpretsnew
contentfromTwitteraccountsconfiguredtofollowTwitterfeeds.
• Themoduleextractstextandthumbnaildata,insertsitintooneormoreMediaServerlibraries,andmakesitaccessibletoclientsviathesamesophisticatedsearchandretrievaltechniquesavailableforallotherMediaServercontent.
Cloud Storage Module (New)• InterfacestoMicrosoftAzureCloudStorageServicestoallow
high-resfilesand/orhigh-respreviewscontainedwithinanSCCMediaServersystemtobeautomaticallymigratedtotheAzurecloud.
• Releaseslocalstoragedependency,andgreatlysimplifiesbackupandDRrequirements.
• Uponrequestfordownload/deliveryoftheserecords,theSCCMediaServersystemautomaticallyretrievesthehigh-resfiledirectlyfromtheAzurecloud(server-side)cacheslocallyforapreferredperiod(cachesizeandretentionperiodisconfigurable).
REST API Developer Module (New)• TheSCCRESTAPIisaRESTfulHTTP1.1serviceexposing
MediaServer8resources,enablinginteractionwithclienttechnologiessupportingtheHTTP1.1protocolandbi-directionalTCP/IP.
• ThisAPIallowsclientstorequestMediaServer8resources,suchasObjects,Libraries,Projects,AuthorizedLeases,thumbnails,hi-respreviews,storeddocuments,Lucenesearches,andMediaFactoryinstances.
• TheseresourcesareexpressedasURI’swithasupportedHTTPmethod(DELETE,GET,HEAD,POST,andPUT).Clientschoosetheresponsedataviewofaresourcebyspecifyinganacceptablemimetype.Fornon-binaryresponsedata(i.e.previewimagesandhighresolutiondocuments),theAPIsupportsbothtext/xmlandapplication/jsondatamodels.