Data Server Installation 2.1

These instructions are for Windows Server 2003/2008 Operating Systems and when installing CourseCast on one combined server or two separate servers (see Encoder install number 6 for details).

Hardware Requirements:

Data Server (Minimal Configuration):

Operating System	Windows XP, Vista, Windows Server 2003/2008 (Std., Pro., Ent.)
Processor / Memory	Dual Core 1.6Ghz / 1GB RAM
Network	100/1000 NIC
Storage	See notes below

Notes: The amount of storage available on your data server will determine how many course hours you will be able to store in raw DV format, and thus the time frame within which you will be able to re-edit and re-encode existing lectures. This does not affect the availability of the WMV streams stored on the web server

Storage Rule of Thumb:

Digital Video (DV) Quality:

Data Server Storage: Add 1.3TB for every 100 hours of DV that you want to keep. Note: Once DV is deleted, you can no longer re-edit or re-encode (13GB/hr)

High Quality Compressed (HQC) Quality:

Data Server Storage: Add 54GB for every 100 hours of HQC that you want to keep. Note: Once deleted, you can no longer re-edit or re-encode (540MB/hr)

Web Ready (WR) Quality:

Data Server Storage: Add 13.5GB for every 100 hours of WR that you want to keep. Note: Once deleted, you can no longer re-edit or re-encode (135MB/hr)

Pre-Installation Software Requirements:

Installing Windows Desktop Experience (ONLY for Windows Server 2008, skip if you are using Windows Server 2003)

1. Go to Server Manager
2. Go to Features
3. Click Add Features
4. Select Desktop Experience
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5. Click Next
6. Click Install

**Note** This installation takes some time and will reboot your computer. Please do not start any other configuration until this is complete.

7. After the computer reboots, log back in to your server and you'll receive a message that the installation has completed.
8. Click Close

Install .NET Framework 3.5 SP1
1. Download from Microsoft
2. Run the installation file "dotNetFx35setup.exe"
3. Read and accept the terms of the license agreement and click Next
4. Click Exit when complete
5. Restart computer

Installing CourseCast Server Software

Setup The Encoder Service

1. Locate and run PanoptoEncoder.exe
2. You may see a screen asking to install Visual C++ Runtime Libraries.
3. Click "Install" to Install the Visual C++ Runtime Libraries

4. Click "Next"

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5. Enter the IP address, hostname, or fully qualified domain name for your Data Server and set the location that will be used for uncompressed video file storage (this should be the largest partition available on the server). Note: This should be the same folder location as entered in step 7 of CourseCast setup.exe
Click "Next"
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