Digital content information repository for future media streaming

Digital content delivery environment has been significantly changed due to advancements of computer and network resources. Since users who want to receive media content must first obtain the content information, a scalable system to provide the available content information to prospective users is required for the future media network. In this paper, we propose a content information repository system using distributed data storage. The proposed system not only provides scalability but manages a huge amount of content information. In this paper, we describe the design and implementation of the proposed content information repository system. The performance evaluation of the actual implementation is also provided on the PlanetLab testbed.