Enhanced descriptions from Syndetics:

The switch in the direction of digital television broadcasting, the acceptance of compressed digital video and storage, video-on-demand, pay-per-view delivery, and multichannel satellite are all elements in this universal shift toward servers for storage and forward delivery of video media. The book discusses both operational and technical issues related to disk-based, digital recording and the implementation of video server and media server based technologies for broadcast and non-broadcast applications. It also includes developmental and technical discussions of optical, magnetic, and silicon based disk systems. Major sections are devoted to media and video server technologies and their evolution, while others cover the implementation into production/post- production, graphics/animation, and broadcast operations, including news. There is a section on networking theory as it applies to server implementation. Other sections include drive and system-bus architectures (SCSI

Table of contents provided by Syndetics

• Video and Media Servers: The Journey Begins
• Disk Recording: A Brief History
• One Step Before the Server
• Distinguishing the DDR from the Video Server
• Selecting the Video Server
• Video Server Systems
• Server Configuration Basics
• Media Server Architectures: The Front End Processor
• Media Server Architectures: Video Server I/O
• The Disk Dilemma
• Where Servers Fit
• Issues with Servers and Digital Systems
• Living in the Digital Domain
• Digital Storage Solutions for the Long Run
• Storage and Information Retrieval Management
• Media Management and Automation
• Facilities for the Information Age
• The Model Changes
• Integrating the Server in the Facility
• Shared and Distributed Server Environments
• Network Basics
• Principles in Network Protocol
• Connections at the Network Level
• Introducing Packets
• Inside ATM
• RAID Revealed
• RAID by the Numbers
• Parity in the Performance of RAID
• The Highs and Lows of SCSI
• SCSI's Second Step
• Fiber Channel Disclosed
• Serial Storage Architecture
• Solid State Disks
• Inside the Drive
• Preventing Disaster
• VOD: New Outlets for Content Producers
• Approaches to Video On Demand
• Interactive Television: Once an Emerging Industry