Paper Title: Scaling IP Video CDN with All-Flash

Paper Abstract: Most off-the-shelf video Content Delivery as-a-service offerings are general purpose file-based service-provider delivery platforms, which are struggling under the avalanche of data resulting from bandwidth-intensive services and streaming applications. Smart cities, smart homes, autonomous vehicles/drones, and next generation applications utilizing artificial intelligence, machine learning, and deep learning are requiring an architecture that provides optimized solutions for both regional data centers, and for pushing content out to the edge, which is instrumental for providing better customer experiences when viewing high-quality streaming video. The solution incorporates a single-purpose CDN tailored to the delivery of segmented video files which offers better performance, reliability, and scale. An off-the-shelf server with all-flash SSDs and open-source software, was the key enabler.

Paper Author: Mike Gluck, VP/CTO, Sanity Solutions

Author Bio: Mike has over 35 years of experience in the computer and data storage industry. His focus is assisting clients craft innovative data management solutions that provide distinctive value and competitive advantages for their strategic business goals. Internally, he analyzes key IT trends, paradigm shifts and disruptive technologies, searching for leading-edge vendors and products that can provide differentiation and competitive advantages for clients. Before joining Sanity Solutions in early 2011, Mike held executive and management positions with Chaparral Network Storage, Fujitsu, Pivot3, Vanguard Technologies and Xiotech. Mike graduated from the University of Wisconsin with a degree in Engineering, and received his MBA from the University of Chicago. Mike is a member of the Colorado Society of Information Management, and IEEE.