Latest articles by Karl Paulsen
Video server users have long sought a means to exchange files between differing video and media server platforms.
In the information age of the 21st century, one of the fastest-changing elements seems to focus on the means and methods of how information is stored and distributed.
Portability is becoming a driving force in both consumer and professional media systems.
Storage structures are becoming the “need-to-know” terminologies of the media server world.
Storage structures are becoming the “need-to-know” terminologies of the media server world.
Storage is now the name of the game and the wake-up call to address it has already happened. Postponing decisions related to long-term digital media storage is just not an option.
Video compression technologies will change the models we've grown to embrace since the introduction of 500-channel cable and direct-to-home satellite broadcast.
Digital media servers are heading straight into the living room, thanks in part to the DVD evolution.
Those who design, build or operate video facilities have grown accustomed to employing multiple PCs, workstations and IT servers as part of their systems.
Hard drives are mechanical devices and as such will eventually fail. But what constitutes the "failure" of a hard disk drive? When should you replace a drive?
Spinning disks are replacing tape for most everything other than original acquisition or long-term, deep archive purposes
The expanding roles that high-definition, 3D-stereoscopic and higher-resolution images play are impacting many aspects of the media and entertainment industry.
Spindle speed statistics seem only to take modest jumps and are far less dramatic than the increasing number of gigabytes of storage.
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.
Differing terms rely on same core technologies, but different delivery systems
The evolution of flash-based memory for consumer and professional applications is helping to drive a renewal in solid state, scalable enterprise storage.
