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The Block Allocation Problem in Video Servers

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Multimedia Communications and Video Coding

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Recent advances in technology have made possible the development of inexpensive multimedia display stations [1]. Rangan [2] noted that the cost of storing the material will require a high degree of reuse and sharing of video source material. This leads to the creation of large servers that serve large numbers of users [3]. These server systems use computers to store and retrieve compressed digital video data which they then transmit over digital networks to client stations.

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Tetzlaff, W., Flynn, R. (1996). The Block Allocation Problem in Video Servers. In: Wang, Y., Panwar, S., Kim, SP., Bertoni, H.L. (eds) Multimedia Communications and Video Coding. Springer, Boston, MA. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4613-0403-6_23

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