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Baton passing optimization scheme for load balancing/configuration planning in a video-on-demand computer system

  • US 5,544,313 A
  • Filed: 05/11/1994
  • Issued: 08/06/1996
  • Est. Priority Date: 05/11/1994
  • Status: Expired due to Term
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1. A video on demand computer system, comprising:

  • a multimedia file server having memory for storing a limited number of videos;

    a plurality of storage media connected to said multimedia file server, each of said storage media storing a plurality of videos; and

    performance means, connected said multimedia file server, for performing selected ones of the videos for users responsive to received user performance request;

    said multimedia file server including a central processing unit programmed to monitor numbers of videos being performed for each of the storage media and, based on the programmed monitoring operation, dynamically transferring the performance of a video in progress from one of the storage media to another storage media having a copy of the video in progress so as to balance the loads of the plurality of storage media wherein said central processing unit is further programmed to periodically perform a static reassignment of videos between said system memory and the storage media and between the storage media by transferring videos between memory and the storage media and between the storage media to optimize load balancing based on the user performance requests for each of the videos.

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