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14th IEEE International Conference on Application-Specific Systems, Architectures and Processors (ASAP'03)
p. 271
An Efficient Disk-Array-Based Server Design for a Multicast Video Streaming System
P.H. Chan Patton, The Chinese University of Hong Kong
Y.B. Lee Jack, The Chinese University of Hong Kong
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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.
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Citation:
P.H. Chan Patton, Y.B. Lee Jack,
"An Efficient Disk-Array-Based Server Design for a Multicast Video Streaming System,"
asap,
p. 271,
14th IEEE International Conference on Application-Specific Systems, Architectures and Processors (ASAP'03),
2003
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