Latest articles by Karl Paulsen
Examining Video Server Configurations
Video servers are becoming commodity- like components for many applications, whether for a traditional television station play-to-air system or as an element in a content delivery platform.
Breaking Down the File Systems, Pt. II
Last month we began discussing typical file systems, starting first with local and shared file systems, then moving into the network file system.
Taking Steps to Rebuild RAID
Anyone with any type of high-performance storage system for a video playout server, play-to-air system or nonlinear editing solution of any scale has probably experienced this.
Unlocking Software-Defined Storage
Just when you thought you’d had your fill of three-letter- acronyms, on comes yet another TLA; this time it’s “SDS” or software-defined storage.
Hybrid Secure Storage Devices
Users of computer and server systems may have self-encrypting and/or hybrid hard disk drives and not be aware of it.
AI and the Digital Transformation
Artificial intelligence is causing a seachange in how media is searched, produced, distributed and consumed
Reframing the Object Store
For some time we’ve thought mainly about how file-based storage is used to contain unstructured data; i.e., those files relative to moving (video) or static (photographic) images.
At the Center of Scalability
Storage Technology Seamless scaling is a different way to look at scalability.
Uncovering the Long-Term Cloud Archive Equation
Cloudspotters Journal How best to balance different components for archive management.
Cloudy—Not at the Edge
Cloudspotters Journal Edge computing can enhance cloud bandwidth, security and reliability.
NAB Show Showcases Broadcasters’ Move to IP
Annual gathering also highlighted advances in HDR, AI/ML, ATSC 3.0 and mobile video
Practicalities of Object Storage
Object storage is used heavily in public cloud storage solutions and especially when the data is geographically disbursed for protection and accessibility purposes.
Trusting Data Integrity
How many times have you written a file to a directory only to find out, sometimes much later, it was corrupted, lost or improperly archived?
The Workflow of Storage
Entire industry sectors, not just broadcast, media and entertainment, encourage drive manufacturers to throw fuel on this uncontrollable fire.
Active Archives for the Future
A lot of growth is happening in the storage space for media and entertainment.
Planning MAM Architectures
For consistency it is imperative to track what happens each time a file is generated, manipulated and moved through the workflow
