On design of a scalable video data placement strategy for supporting a load balancing video-on-demand storage server.

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by Kelvin Kwok-wai Law.Thesis (M.Phil.)--Chinese University of Hong Kong, 1997.Includes bibliographical references (leaves 66-68).Abstract --- p.iAcknowledgments --- p.iiiChapter 1 --- Introduction --- p.1Chapter 1.1 --- Background --- p.1Chapter 1.2 --- Motivation --- p.2Chapter 1.3 --- Scope --- p.3Chapter 1.4 --- Dissertation Outline --- p.4Chapter 2 --- Background and Related Researches --- p.6Chapter 2.1 --- Interactive Services --- p.6Chapter 2.2 --- VOD Architecture --- p.7Chapter 2.3 --- Video Compression --- p.10Chapter 2.3.1 --- DCT Based Compression --- p.11Chapter 2.3.2 --- Subband Video Compression --- p.12Chapter 2.4 --- Related Research --- p.14Chapter 3 --- Multiple Resolutions Video File System --- p.16Chapter 3.1 --- Physical Disk Storage System --- p.16Chapter 3.2 --- Multi-resolution Video Data Placement Scheme --- p.17Chapter 3.3 --- Example of our Video Block Assignment Algorithm --- p.23Chapter 3.4 --- An Assignment Algorithm for Homogeneous Video Files --- p.26Chapter 4 --- Disk Scheduling and Admission Control --- p.33Chapter 4.1 --- Disk Scheduling Algorithm --- p.33Chapter 4.2 --- Admission Control --- p.40Chapter 5 --- Load Balancing of the Disk System --- p.43Chapter 6 --- Buffer Management --- p.49Chapter 6.1 --- Buffer Organization --- p.49Chapter 6.2 --- Buffer Requirement For Different Video Playback Mode --- p.51Chapter 7 --- Conclusions --- p.63Bibliography --- p.6