8 Sizing up Servers

 

While you are destroying your mind watching the worthless, brain-rotting drivel on TV, we on the Internet are exchanging, freely and openly, the most uninhibited, intimate and, yes, shocking details about our “CONFIG.SYS” settings.

Dave Barry

Media storage and delivery technology may seem dry to some, but when it comes to video, it has a crucial role to play in bringing digital content to the masses. One of the most commonly used devices in digital video production and delivery is the video server. Almost all content ends up on a server during some part of its life cycle, whether for production, delivery, archiving, or playout. Each of these applications has its own set of requirements and group of manufacturers offering ...

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