Improved multimedia server I/O subsystems

M. Weeks; Hadj Batatia; R. Sotudeh

doi:10.1109/EURMIC.1998.708065

Improved multimedia server I/O subsystems

M. Weeks, Hadj Batatia, R. Sotudeh

School of Mathematical & Computer Sciences

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Abstract

The main function of a continuous media server is to concurrently stream data from storage to multiple clients over a network. The resulting streams will congest the host CPU bus, reducing access to the system's main memory, which degrades CPU performance. The purpose of this paper is to investigate ways of improving I/O subsystems of continuous media servers. Several improved I/O subsystem architectures are presented and their performances evaluated. The proposed architectures use an existing device, namely the Intel i960RP processor. The objective of using an I/O processor is to move the stream and its control from the host processor and the main memory. The ultimate aim is to identify the requirements for an integrated I/O subsystem for a high performance scalable media-on-demand server.

Original language	English
Title of host publication	Proceedings - 24th EUROMICRO Conference, EURMIC 1998
Publisher	IEEE
ISBN (Electronic)	9780818686467
ISBN (Print)	0818686464
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1109/EURMIC.1998.708065
Publication status	Published - 6 Aug 2002
Event	24th EUROMICRO Conference, EURMIC 1998 - Vasteras, Sweden Duration: 25 Aug 1998 → 27 Aug 1998

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Conference	24th EUROMICRO Conference, EURMIC 1998
Country/Territory	Sweden
City	Vasteras
Period	25/08/98 → 27/08/98

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