Latest articles by Karl Paulsen
Inside the File System
Storage structures are becoming the “need-to-know” terminologies of the media server world.
Inside the File System
Storage structures are becoming the “need-to-know” terminologies of the media server world.
Anticipating Storage Management Needs
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.
The Impact of Advanced Video Coding
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.
Home Media Server Concepts Evolve
Digital media servers are heading straight into the living room, thanks in part to the DVD evolution.
The Art of Load Balancing
Those who design, build or operate video facilities have grown accustomed to employing multiple PCs, workstations and IT servers as part of their systems.
Predicting Disk Drive Failures
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?
Defining Intelligent High-Performance Platforms
Spinning disks are replacing tape for most everything other than original acquisition or long-term, deep archive purposes
Selecting Storage Solutions of the Future
The expanding roles that high-definition, 3D-stereoscopic and higher-resolution images play are impacting many aspects of the media and entertainment industry.
Seeking Hard Disk Drive Latency
Spindle speed statistics seem only to take modest jumps and are far less dramatic than the increasing number of gigabytes of storage.
Deduplication: Managing Disk 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.
Clearing the Air on Video Over IP
Differing terms rely on same core technologies, but different delivery systems
The Solid State Disk Revival
The evolution of flash-based memory for consumer and professional applications is helping to drive a renewal in solid state, scalable enterprise storage.
Looking Toward Green Blades of Servers
Server- and workstation-based subsystems are a natural course of evolution for what is extensively a software-based system architecture.
Network Storage Management
Managing storage in a network environment is an ongoing requirement whether for broadcast facilities, data centers or even the home PC.
VOD in Demand
Emerging from the depths of pay TV, video-on-demand and its widespread acceptance by the consumer has forever changed the way we view television programming.
