Digital video cluster simulation

Author

Milkovits, Martin N.

Author_Institution

SeaChange Int., Greenville, NH, USA

fYear

2005

fDate

4-7 Dec. 2005

Abstract

The advent of video on demand (VOD) services is made possible by specialized high performance, high reliability computer systems. These systems must maintain the constant bandwidth required by video and guarantee fault resiliency. SeaChange®´s digital video system meets the VOD challenges with a scalable cluster solution using a patented data distribution algorithm for efficient data redundancy. The SeaChange digital video cluster incorporates several different bus and fabric technologies to deliver high performance and data reliability. But, the existence of many data paths and congestion scenarios make it difficult to determine the maximum performance of, or bottlenecks in, the system. Therefore, a simulation model to represent the internal fabric of a VOD cluster from SeaChange is designed, implemented and verified.

Keywords

digital simulation; video on demand; SeaChange digital video system; VOD cluster; bus technologies; data distribution algorithm; data redundancy; digital video cluster simulation; fabric technologies; simulation model; video on demand; Bandwidth; Clustering algorithms; Computational modeling; Control systems; Fabrics; Hardware; Software performance; Streaming media; System performance; Video on demand;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Simulation Conference, 2005 Proceedings of the Winter

Print_ISBN

0-7803-9519-0

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/WSC.2005.1574532

Filename

1574532