Getting started with Norsk Studio

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Norsk Studio offers multiple deployment options to suit your needs. This guide covers:

  • Cloud SaaS solutions: Ready to use in minutes with our turnkey options

  • Bring-your-own-license deployments: For custom cloud and infrastructure setups

  • Local development: Run Norsk Studio on your laptop or development machine for hybrid or on-premises use

Before you beginYou can run a fully-featured free trial version of Norsk Studio on your own hardware or in your own cloud account. You'll need to download a trial license first.

Sign up for a Norsk trial license

To discuss licensing options, contact [email protected]

Alternatively, you can run Norsk Studio on Google Cloud Platform (GCP) without a separate license.

Google Cloud Platform (GCP)

Licensing is included with Norsk Studio via Google Cloud Marketplace, so there is no need to purchase a license (or get a free trial license) directly from Norsk. This makes GCP one of the fastest ways to launch a new studio instance.

Please note that the cost is $0.66 per hour, and you will incur additional infrastructure usage charges from GCP, which will vary depending on the types of workloads you run on Norsk Studio. You will need a Google Cloud Platform account with payment information set up (or free compute credits from Google).

Akamai Connected Cloud - Linode

Norsk has worked closely with Akamai to offer flexibility to not only deploy Norsk Studio and Norsk Engine across their Connected Cloud but to include NETINT Quadra hardware acceleration on some of their hosts.

Norsk licenses are available directly from Norsk (see above) and they can be easily deployed into the Linode environment.

I'm already comfortable with Docker

Norsk Studio can be launched under Docker in Window, Linux, or Mac environments.

In a production environment, we recommend using a recent Linux OS.

Starting and stopping Norsk Studio from command line

Reference benchmark

Norsk offers a default setting for its EncodeLadder component, which has been tested on selected instances. For example, the default EncodeLadder on our default Google Cloud instance [8 vCPUs + 32 GB memory (e2-standard-8)] uses about 65-70% CPU.

You will have to try your workflows running on various machine types, and monitor the System Metrics to find a balance between performance and cost that suits your exact needs.

For more information about commercially deploying Norsk, reach out to us at [email protected]