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14th IEEE International Conference on Application-Specific Systems, Architectures and Processors (ASAP'03)
An Efficient Disk-Array-Based Server Design for a Multicast Video Streaming System
The Hague, The Netherlands
June 24-June 26
ISBN: 0-7695-1992-X
P.H. Chan Patton, The Chinese University of Hong Kong
Y.B. Lee Jack, The Chinese University of Hong Kong
Recently, a number of researchers have started to investigate new video-on-demand (VoD) architectures using batching, patching and periodic broadcasting. These architectures, compared to traditional unicast VoD systems, are much more scalable and can serve thousands or even millions of clients concurrently. Nevertheless, existing studies are usually focused on architectural issues. The problem of designing an efficient server to implement these new multicast VoD architectures has received little attention. While existing server designs using round-based schedulers can still be used, results show that such designs are sub-optimal as they do not exploit the characteristics of fixed-schedule periodic broadcasting channels. This study addresses this challenge by presenting an efficient server design for a recent multicast VoD architecture called Super-Scalar Video-on-Demand (SS-VoD). Results show that the efficient server design can increase the system capacity by 60% compared to traditional video server designs. This paper presents details of this new server design, derives a performance model, and analyzes it using numerical results.
Citation:
P.H. Chan Patton, Y.B. Lee Jack, "An Efficient Disk-Array-Based Server Design for a Multicast Video Streaming System," asap, pp.271, 14th IEEE International Conference on Application-Specific Systems, Architectures and Processors (ASAP'03), 2003
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