Algorithms for determining file distribution in networks with multimedia servers

We consider an optimization problem in networks with storage servers for providing multimedia service. The design involves assigning communication link capacity, sizing the multimedia servers and distributing different types of content at each server, while guaranteeing an upper limit on the individual end-to-end blocking probability. We present optimization algorithms to obtain an optimal solution. Under a linear cost structure, our numerical investigations consider different scenarios that might be helpful in understanding how to distribute multimedia content for a cost-optimized solution