Title :
An inexpensive, scalable, and open-architecture media server
Author :
Aref, Walid G. ; Braun, David ; Bushmitch, Dennis ; Kamel, Ibrahim ; Mukherjee, Sarit
Author_Institution :
Panasonic Inf. & Networking Technol. Labs., Princeton, NJ, USA
Abstract :
An inexpensive scalable architecture for a multimedia server is presented. A detailed view of its software and hardware components is explained, as well as its performance. Results indicate linear scalability of the system in terms of server bandwidth with respect to the number of basic server elements. Since the server is composed of readily available inexpensive components, a variety of server capacities can be constructed at low incremental cost.
Keywords :
multimedia servers; open systems; fault tolerant storage system; file system; hardware components; inexpensive media server; inexpensive scalable architecture; linear scalability; multimedia server; network architecture; open-architecture media server; performance; performance tests; scalable media server; server bandwidth; server capacities; software components; Bandwidth; Computer architecture; Costs; Hardware; Image storage; Network servers; Scalability; Streaming media; Video on demand; Web server;
Conference_Titel :
Internet Technologies and Services, 1999. Proceedings. First IEEE/Popov Workshop on
Conference_Location :
Moscow, Russia
Print_ISBN :
0-7803-5985-2
DOI :
10.1109/INTS.1999.874004
