Avid

iNEWS

The heart of newsroom production, communication, and newscast control

System Requirements

Component Minimum Specification

CPU

Single 1.6 GHz processor minimum, dual processors recommended

Memory

1 GB RAM

Hard Drive

20GB Minimum, 40GB recommended. RAID 5 w/4 or more disks recommended. Software RAID not supported

Com Port

Functional COM1 Port required

Network Cards

Two Red Hat Enterprise Linux v5.0 Certified network cards

CD-ROM

Red Hat Enterprise Linux v5.0 Certified CD-ROM drive

Tape Drives

Red Hat Enterprise Linux v5.0 Certified tape drive (1 per server)
Removable hard drives cannot be used for backup

Operating System

Red Hat Enterprise Linux v5.0 Standard Edition. One copy is required for each server.

Other

Battery-backed cache option required

RedHat Compatibility

Available from Bugzilla

NOTE: Avid will integrate only iNEWS servers which are Red Hat Enterprise Linux certified