ABSTRACT

Complex media storage computer systems are employed by broadcasters, digital cinemas, digital signage, and other business and entertainment venues to capture, store and retrieve moving media content on systems that will preserve the original integrity of the content over time and technological transition. This book provides detailed information related to the concepts, applications, implementation and interfaces of video file servers, intelligent storage systems, media asset management services, content distribution networks, and mission critical platforms.

A tutorial and case example approach is taken to facilitate a thorough understanding of the technologies, using numerous illustrations, tables and examples. The text and appendices are designed to provide easy to access valuable reference and historical information.


.A focus on the media serving concepts and principles employed at the enterprise level

.Practical and technological summaries of the applications and linkages between media asset management and storage technologies for studio, television, and media production workflows

.Illustrations, standards, tables, and practical summaries serve as handy reference tools

chapter 1|13 pages

Information, Data, and Video

chapter 2|24 pages

Digital Disk Recording

chapter 3|33 pages

Video Media Servers

chapter 4|36 pages

Hard Drive Anatomy

chapter 5|16 pages

Buses, Ports, and Interfaces

chapter 6|38 pages

Sata, Sas, and Raid

chapter 7|20 pages

Solid State Disks

chapter 8|26 pages

Optical Storage Media

chapter 9|41 pages

Interchange, Transcoding, and Wrappers

chapter 10|45 pages

Ip Storage

chapter 11|25 pages

Object-Based Storage

chapter 12|51 pages

Archives, Backups, and Linear Tape

chapter 13|30 pages

Metadata and Media Asset Management

chapter 14|20 pages

Clustering

chapter 15|39 pages

Networked Storage

chapter 16|42 pages

High-Performance and Shared Storage

chapter 18|36 pages

Storage Management