Transitioning a Network Operations Center from HD-SDI to IP

The PBS Network Operations Center (NOC) provides the content aggregation and delivery for the Public Television Community.?Like many other media facilities, the NOC was built as an HD-SDI-based facility.?We have added IP-based “islands” to the facility as the technology has advanced.?We have now reached the stage where demands for a more tightly integrated workflow to efficiently serve the needs of over-the-air and OTT delivery require that we move to a fully IP-based facility.?This includes moving a number of our on-premise functions to the “public cloud,”?integrating the cloud functions seamlessly with our on-premises functions, and providing our operations and maintenance staff the ability to easily monitor all the diverse elements of this “system.”?This project is a work in progress.?We will provide a snapshot?of where we are in this process, and then present a summary of the lessons learned.?This summary should provide the basis for others to structure their own facility transitions.

James (Andy) Butler | Public Broadcasting Service (PBS) | Alexandria, VA USA