Media Server Technology
Karl Paulsen is a digital media technologist and senior engineering consultant
with Diversified Systems. He is a SMPTE Fellow, SBE Life Member and Certified
Professional Broadcast Engineer.
Understanding Storage Efficiency Metrics
by Karl Paulsen, 09.01.2010
In an era where the financial bottom line regulates most decisions, one area that is often misunderstood is efficiency in a data storage system. More...
Strategies for Asset Management
by Karl Paulsen, 08.17.2010
How much "asset management" is sufficient to meet the business requirements of your operation? More...
Dimensioning the Archive
by Karl Paulsen, 08.01.2010
Media and entertainment have a dilemma when it comes to the preservation of their legacy and current media assets. More...
Flavors of Media Storage And Server Platforms
by Karl Paulsen, 06.02.2010
Selecting a digital media platform for the capture and storage of moving image content has moved well beyond the task of simply picking a “format.” More...
Unrecognized Trends in Video Server Implementation
by Karl Paulsen, 03.18.2010
The trend to an all server-based playback continues as more and more program content is being delivered as a file-based medium. More...
Putting Some Fibre in Your Storage Diet
by Karl Paulsen, 03.03.2010
Two decades after its beginning in 1988, the ubiquitous Fibre Channel technology has become engrained in most of the advanced storage and transport applications. More...
Understanding IP Storage
by Karl Paulsen, 01.06.2010
An evolving technology with a growing set of flavors from which to choose from More...
Fitting MXF into File-based Workflows
by Karl Paulsen, 12.07.2009
What has come forward in the evolution of MXF and file-based workflows is a solution set, a tool kit of processes that help to set and establish business processes related to storage, media architectures and content delivery More...
Object-Based Storage
by Karl Paulsen, 11.02.2009
No longer is it practical to carry separate databases or other components in disparate systems that must be continually linked or interrelated through secondary or other alternative interfaces. More...
Deduplication: Managing Disk Storage
by Karl Paulsen, 10.09.2009
The processes and practices for managing disk storage, including backup and protection, are continuing to evolve as the dependency upon sophisticated online and offline storage technologies expands. More...
Appliances for an IT-Based World
by Karl Paulsen, 09.23.2009
Video server technologies have come a long way since this column first surfaced some 12-plus years ago. More...
Defining Intelligent High-Performance Platforms
by Karl Paulsen, 08.17.2009
Spinning disks are replacing tape for most everything other than original acquisition or long-term, deep archive purposes More...
Selecting Storage Solutions of the Future
by Karl Paulsen, 07.06.2009
The expanding roles that high-definition, 3D-stereoscopic and higher-resolution images play are impacting many aspects of the media and entertainment industry. More...
Seeking Hard Disk Drive Latency
by Karl Paulsen, 05.05.2009
Spindle speed statistics seem only to take modest jumps and are far less dramatic than the increasing number of gigabytes of storage. More...