Moving Media Storage Technologies

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.

Karl Paulsen has spent over thirty years in broadcast television engineering and management holding key positions in operations, consulting, design, and systems integration. Karl is currently a Senior Technologist/Consulting Engineer with Diversified Systems. Previously he was CTO at AZCAR Technologies, a global provider of media solutions and technology integration for the moving media industry and Director of Engineering for Synergistic Technologies, Inc., and VP of Engineering at Digital Post & Graphics. Karl has focused on video file servers, storage and IP-based video technologies, including workflow, implementation and analysis for advanced digital media systems for nearly two decades. A feature columnist for TV Technology magazine, he has contributed over 150 articles to his long running 'Media Server Technology' series. Karl authored the book Video & Media Servers: Applications and Technology as well as dozens of other contributions to the industry. He is a SMPTE Fellow and standards community participant, a SBE Life Member and a Certified Professional Broadcast Engineer.

1: Information, Data, and Video; 2: Digital Disk Recording; 3: Video Media Servers; 4: Hard Drive Anatomy; 5: Buses, Ports, and Interfaces; 6: Sata, Sas, and Raid; 7: Solid State Disks; 8: Optical Storage Media; 9: Interchange, Transcoding, and Wrappers; 10: Ip Storage; 11: Object-Based Storage; 12: Archives, Backups, and Linear Tape; 13: Metadata and Media Asset Management; 14: Clustering; 15: Networked Storage; 16: High-Performance and Shared Storage; 17: Scalability, Extensibility, and Interoperability; 18: Storage Management; 19: Resilience, Fault Tolerance, and Virtualization