SHARED LOOP AUDIO/VIDEO SERVER SYSTEM

    公开(公告)号:CA2222398A1

    公开(公告)日:1998-06-02

    申请号:CA2222398

    申请日:1997-11-27

    Applicant: IBM

    Abstract: A shared loop multimedia datastreaming server system in provided. A plurality of A/V servers have equal access to a pool of disk arrays interconnected in a shared lo op architecture such as SSA or FC-AL. Each server delivers a corresponding datastre am from the loop through an isochronous broadband connection to appropriate A/V dev ices. The A/V servers are interconnected by a control loop such as an Ethernet link. A n archive server also accessed the shared storage loop and an archive storage system. The archive server loads titles from archive to the loop as desired and serves as a backup A /V server. A high availability control server cluster interconnects to the A/V server and t he archive server to control resource management, including distribution of titles on the l oop and loading titles from the archive server and balancing the loads on the A/V server s.

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