Re: CCU

["Tony Abruzzese" <abruzzese@biochem.bumc.bu.edu>]

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Rob Walker" <rwalker@gccbend.com>
To: "SteveOrdinetz" <steveord@bit-net.com>
Cc: "Boston-Radio-Interest" <Boston-Radio-Interest@bostonradio.org>
Sent: Tuesday, March 19, 2002 10:56 AM
Subject: RE: CCU


<snip> 
> Here's a quick overview of how it works. Assume that a station is planning a
> format change to, "MIX". The PD will contact Covington, talk to the Music
> Guys and order a "snap server" of music library cuts to be sent to his
> location. (The "Snap" is a raid array of mp2s, format specific.) The
> engineering department loads ALL the cuts from the snap to the local prophet
> server. Now, the local station has all of the library that they'll need to
> put the format on the air. The PD (or Brand Manager) determines which cuts
> get aired, but ALL of them are in the server. When this station wants to add
> new currents, an email is sent to Music Services in Covington and the
> requested songs are sent via the Wide Area Network to the local server. The
> WAN is the link that makes the whole process work. Music, voice tracks,
> production and text are able to be zipped around the company, from station
> to station in "data packets". Music Services also handles the mapping of
> station to station on the network.

Are these "snap servers" the Snap Server network appliances marketed by Quantum? 


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