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title: "RAS Adapter and Telos Comparison"
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> ## Documentation Index
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# RAS Adapter and Telos Comparison

The table below compares the metadata capabilities of Triton Digital’s RAS Adapter and the Telos Z/IPStream appliance. Use this to determine which solution is best for your streaming needs.

- **WA (Workaround)**: **YES** means the metadata feature does not work in Telos but there is a known workaround.
- **Client Config(urable) on Telos**: **YES** means you can make changes to the metadata feature on Telos yourself; **No** means you need to reach out to Telos to make changes.

For more information on RAS Adapter parsers and processors, see:

- [RAS Adapter Parsers](/user/docs/parsers)
- [RAS Adapter Processors](/user/docs/processors)

| RAS Adapter | Telos | WA? | Metadata Feature | Client Config. on Telos? |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| **Connection Method** |
| ✅ |  | YES | Serial | No |
| ✅ |  | YES | File | No |
| ✅ | ✅ |  | TCP Client | YES |
| ✅ | ✅ |  | TCP Server | YES |
| ✅ | ✅ |  | HTTP Server | YES |
| ✅ | ✅ |  | UDP | YES |
| ✅ | ✅ |  | TCP RELAY | NO |
| **Metadata Parsers** |
| ✅ | ✅ |  | Separator Parser | YES |
| ✅ | ✅ |  | Field Mapping | YES |
| ✅ | ✅ |  | Key Value Parser | YES |
| ✅ | ✅ |  | Offset Parser | YES |
| ✅ | ✅ |  | Offset Mapping | YES |
| ✅ | ✅ |  | Xml Parser | YES |
| ✅ | ✅ |  | Key Mapping | YES |
| ✅ | ✅ |  | Regex Parser | YES |
| ✅ | ✅ |  | JSON | YES |
| **Metadata Processors** |
| ✅ |  | NO | Configurable No Metadata Timeout Reconnect | No |
| ✅ | ✅ |  | Upper\Lowercase Formatting | No |
| ✅ | ✅ |  | Automatic Endbreak Cuepoint sent based on duration of each spot from automation system | No |
| ✅ | ✅ |  | Date\Time Formatting | No |
| ✅ | ✅ |  | Trigger By Data Value Drop | No |
| ✅ | ✅ |  | Space Normalization Processor | No |
| ✅ | ✅ |  | Strip Accent Characters | No |
|  |  | NO | Scheduled Black Outs | No |
| ✅ |  | NO | Scheduled White Outs | No |
| ✅ | ✅ |  | Data Triggered White Outs | No |
| ✅ | ✅ |  | Send Data Triggered Blackout Command To Triton | No |