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Parallel replication for distributed video-on-demand systems.

Lie, Wai-Kwok Peter. / Thesis (M.Phil.)--Chinese University of Hong Kong, 1997. / Includes bibliographical references (leaves 79-83). / Abstract --- p.i / Acknowledgments --- p.ii / Chapter 1 --- Introduction --- p.1 / Chapter 2 --- Background & Related Work --- p.5 / Chapter 2.1 --- Early Work on Multimedia Servers --- p.6 / Chapter 2.2 --- Compression of Multimedia Data --- p.6 / Chapter 2.3 --- Multimedia File Systems --- p.7 / Chapter 2.4 --- Scheduling Support for Multimedia Systems --- p.8 / Chapter 2.5 --- Inter-media Synchronization --- p.9 / Chapter 2.6 --- Related Work on Replication in VOD Systems --- p.9 / Chapter 3 --- System Model --- p.12 / Chapter 4 --- Replication Methodology --- p.15 / Chapter 4.1 --- Replication Triggering Policy --- p.16 / Chapter 4.2 --- Source & Target Nodes Selection Policies --- p.17 / Chapter 4.3 --- Replication Policies --- p.18 / Chapter 4.3.1 --- Policy 1: Injected Sequential Replication --- p.20 / Chapter 4.3.2 --- Policy 2: Piggybacked Sequential Replication --- p.22 / Chapter 4.3.3 --- Policy 3: Injected Parallel Replication --- p.25 / Chapter 4.3.4 --- Policy 4: Piggybacked Parallel Replication --- p.28 / Chapter 4.3.5 --- Policy 5: Injected & Piggybacked Parallel Replication --- p.34 / Chapter 4.3.6 --- Policy 6: Multi-Source Injected & Piggybacked Parallel Replication --- p.36 / Chapter 4.4 --- Dereplication Policy --- p.37 / Chapter 5 --- Distributed Architecture for VOD Server --- p.39 / Chapter 5.1 --- Server Node --- p.40 / Chapter 5.2 --- Movie Manager --- p.42 / Chapter 5.3 --- Metadata Manager --- p.42 / Chapter 5.4 --- Protocols for Distributed VOD Architecture --- p.43 / Chapter 5.4.1 --- Protocol for Servicing New Customers --- p.43 / Chapter 5.4.2 --- Protocol for Servicing Existing Customers --- p.45 / Chapter 5.4.3 --- Protocol for Single/Multi-Source Injected & Parallel Replication --- p.46 / Chapter 5.4.4 --- Protocol for Dereplication --- p.48 / Chapter 5.5 --- Failure Handling --- p.49 / Chapter 5.5.1 --- Handling of Server Node Failures --- p.50 / Chapter 5.5.2 --- Handling of Movie Manager Failures --- p.52 / Chapter 6 --- Results --- p.55 / Chapter 6.1 --- Performance Metric --- p.56 / Chapter 6.2 --- Simulation Environment --- p.58 / Chapter 6.3 --- Results of Experiments without Dereplication --- p.59 / Chapter 6.3.1 --- Comparison of Different Replication Policies --- p.60 / Chapter 6.3.2 --- Effect of Early Acceptance/Migration --- p.61 / Chapter 6.3.3 --- Answer to the Resources Consumption Tradeoff issue --- p.62 / Chapter 6.3.4 --- Effect of Varying Movie Popularity Skewness --- p.64 / Chapter 6.3.5 --- Effect of Varying Replication Threshold --- p.64 / Chapter 6.3.6 --- Comparison of Different Target Node Selection Policies --- p.65 / Chapter 6.4 --- Overall Impact of Dynamic Replication --- p.66 / Chapter 7 --- Comparison with BSR-based Policy --- p.71 / Chapter 8 --- Conclusions --- p.75 / Chapter 8.1 --- Summary --- p.75 / Chapter 8.2 --- Future Research Directions --- p.76 / Bibliography --- p.78

Identiferoai:union.ndltd.org:cuhk.edu.hk/oai:cuhk-dr:cuhk_321892
Date January 1997
ContributorsLie, Wai-Kwok Peter., Chinese University of Hong Kong Graduate School. Division of Computer Science and Engineering.
Source SetsThe Chinese University of Hong Kong
LanguageEnglish
Detected LanguageEnglish
TypeText, bibliography
Formatprint, vii, 83 leaves : ill. ; 30 cm.
RightsUse of this resource is governed by the terms and conditions of the Creative Commons “Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 International” License (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/)

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