Design and implementation of a VBR continuous media file server

Author

Makaroff, Dwight ; Neufeld, Gerald ; Hutchinson, Norman

Author_Institution

Sch. of Inf. Technol. & Eng., Ottawa Univ., Ont., Canada

Volume

27

Issue

1

fYear

2001

fDate

1/1/2001 12:00:00 AM

Firstpage

13

Lastpage

28

Abstract

We describe the design and implementation of a file server for variable bit rate continuous media. We address the problem of building a server where each stream may have a different bit rate and, more importantly, where the bit rate within a single stream may vary considerably. Such a server has been implemented within a high-speed network environment. The server is designed to be used in a heterogeneous environment and is linearly scalable. A significant aspect of the design of the system is the detailed consideration of the variable bit-rate profile of each data stream in performing admission control for the disk and for the network. This paper describes the system model, the user interface design, implementation details, and performance results based on initial experience with the server

Keywords

file servers; multimedia servers; user interfaces; variable rate codes; admission control; continuous media file server; data stream; heterogeneous environment; high-speed network; linearly scalable server; multimedia server; performance results; system model; user interface design; variable bit rate continuous media; Admission control; Availability; Bandwidth; Bit rate; Buildings; File servers; High-speed networks; Network servers; Scalability; User interfaces;

fLanguage

English

Journal_Title

Software Engineering, IEEE Transactions on

Publisher

ieee

ISSN

0098-5589

Type

jour

DOI

10.1109/32.895985

Filename

895985