Moving Media Storage Technologies Applications & Workflows for Video and Media Server Platforms

A practical guide to the implementation of state-of-the-art media storage systems. Keep your media assets organized, searchable, protected, and immediately accessible with a clear understanding of the technical concepts and best practice workflows for deploying storage systems for media servers. Information is organized to focus on the principles of storage, collaborative workflow, compressed video and media formats, and associated topics that use file based workflows. A thorough understanding of the technologies is provided, accompanied by numerous illustrations, tables, examples, glossaries and additional reading suggestions. The text and appendices are designed to provide easy to access valuable reference and historical information. A focus on the media serving concepts and principles employed at the enterprise level Practical and technological summaries of the applications and linkages between media asset management and storage technologies for studio, television, and media production workflows Illustrations, standards, tables, and practical summaries serve as handy reference tools

Digital Media Recording and Storage Technologies ; Digital Disk Recorders - DDR; Non Linear Editing - NLE; Video Server Systems; Media Server Components and Disk Based Architectures; Storage Arrays; Storage Networking; Optical Based Storage Platforms; Bridging the IP and IT Worlds with the Video/Media World; Encoders and Decoders; Compression formats, bit rates and services ; Performance - Bandwidth, Stripping and Throughput ; Clustering; High Performance Storage Systems; File Transfer Protocols (FTP); Formats, Conversion and; Interchange and Exchange Formats; Scalability, Extensibility, Interoperability; Storage Management; Archives, Backup and Libraries; Applications of Video Server Technologies; Video on Demand; Digital Cinema Servers; Media Asset Management - Digital Asset Management; Workflow and Content Delivery Networks; Storage Virtualization; Multifunction Media Servers for Broadcast; Disaster Prevention; Upgrades, Updates and Forklifts

Karl Paulsen has spent over thirty years in broadcast television engineering and management holding key positions in operations, consulting, design, and systems integration. Karl is currently a Senior Technologist/Consulting Engineer with Diversified Systems. Previously he was CTO at AZCAR Technologies, a global provider of media solutions and technology integration for the moving media industry and Director of Engineering for Synergistic Technologies, Inc., and VP of Engineering at Digital Post & Graphics. Karl has focused on video file servers, storage and IP-based video technologies, including workflow, implementation and analysis for advanced digital media systems for nearly two decades. A feature columnist for TV Technology magazine, he has contributed over 150 articles to his long running 'Media Server Technology' series. Karl authored the book "Video & Media Servers: Applications and Technology" as well as dozens of other contributions to the industry. He is a SMPTE Fellow and standards community participant, a SBE Life Member and a Certified Professional Broadcast Engineer.