Performance study of data layout schemes for a SAN-based video server

Parallel Computing

Volumn 34, Issue 12, 2008, Pages 747-756

  Grover, Radhika S ^a   Li, Qiang ^a   Dommel, H P ^a  

^a Department of Computer Science and Engineering   (United States)

Author keywords

Data striping; Fibre channel; Parallel server; Storage area network; Video on demand

Indexed keywords

ACOUSTIC MICROSCOPES; AMPLITUDE MODULATION; COMPUTER NETWORKS; IMAGE RETRIEVAL; INTERNET; LARGE SCALE SYSTEMS; MISSILE BASES; VIDEO ON DEMAND; VIDEO STREAMING;

CONCURRENT SERVICES; DATA LAYOUTS; DATA STRIPING; FIBRE CHANNEL; HIGH THROUGHPUTS; INTERACTIVE APPLICATIONS; INTERACTIVE VIDEOS; LOGICAL LOOPS; MULTIMEDIA SERVERS; PARALLEL SERVER; PERFORMANCE GAINS; PERFORMANCE STUDIES; RESPONSE TIMES; SIMULATION MODELS; START-UP; STORAGE AREA NETWORK; STORAGE AREA NETWORKS; STORAGE DEVICES; VIDEO FRAMES; VIDEO GAMES; VIDEO SERVERS;

DATA STORAGE EQUIPMENT;

EID: 56049111031     PISSN: 01678191     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.parco.2008.09.007     Document Type: Article

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