Data storage and delivery protocols to support interactive high-resolution image browsing on a PC-cluster based image-wall

Author

Beyer, James C. ; Du, David H C

Author_Institution

Dept. of Comput. Sci. & Eng., Minnesota Univ., Minneapolis, MN, USA

Volume

2

fYear

2003

fDate

6-9 July 2003

Abstract

We present a data storage, retrieval, and communications system capable of supporting high-resolution image browsing on an inexpensive PC cluster based image-wall system. The data is first partitioned and then strategically written both onto a single hard disk and then across multiple hard disks. After presenting the data allocation scheme, we present schemes for retrieving the data from the hard disks and neighboring renderers. The optimality of the storage and retrieval mechanisms is proved and analytical results are presented for an initial implementation.

Keywords

hard discs; image resolution; image retrieval; protocols; rendering (computer graphics); resource allocation; workstation clusters; PC cluster based image-wall system; data allocation scheme; data delivery protocols; data storage protocols; hard disks; high-resolution image browsing; image retrieval mechanisms; image storage mechanisms; neighboring renderers; Displays; Hard disks; Image retrieval; Image storage; Information retrieval; Memory; Pixel; Protocols; Rendering (computer graphics); Tiles;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Multimedia and Expo, 2003. ICME '03. Proceedings. 2003 International Conference on

Print_ISBN

0-7803-7965-9

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/ICME.2003.1221554

Filename

1221554