Title :
A low-cost/high-performance server for video on demand
Author :
Calvagna, A. ; Puliafito, A. ; Vita, L.
Author_Institution :
Ist. di Inf. e Telecommun., Catania Univ., Italy
Abstract :
In this paper a prototype of a distributed video-on-demand server is presented. The technical aspects regarding the realization of this kind of service provider are dealt with, paying particular attention to exploiting the architecture the system is based on. The proposed system easily allows, in any broadband local network environment, the realization of a low-cost/high-performance distributed video server, through the clustering of the local workstations. The system has been implemented and tested, and the results of its performance and scalability are presented in the final sections of this paper
Keywords :
Internet; broadband networks; performance evaluation; video on demand; video servers; workstation clusters; Internet; broadband local network; distributed video-on-demand; high-performance server; low-cost server; scalability; workstation clustering; Application software; Computer architecture; Distributed computing; Network servers; Resource management; System testing; Video on demand; Web and internet services; Web server; Workstations;
Conference_Titel :
Computer Communications and Networks, 1999. Proceedings. Eight International Conference on
Conference_Location :
Boston, MA
Print_ISBN :
0-7803-5794-9
DOI :
10.1109/ICCCN.1999.805514
