Virtual-medium-based material storage management method and system

Abstract

The invention discloses a virtual-medium-based material storage management method and system. The method comprises the following steps that: introducing high-quality audio-video file paths and material metadata information of materials through invoking a material import interface by an external system; copying high-quality audio-video files of the materials into a high-quality storage subsystem; converting the high-quality audio-video files of the materials into audio-video stream media files, storing the audio-video stream media files in a stream media storage subsystem, and associating high-quality files into a virtual medium according to an association strategy; determining whether the virtual medium is fully filled with the high-quality files, if yes, writing contents in the virtual medium into a physical medium by a read-write device; storing the physical medium in a strip rack; and finding out a required physical medium by a user through browsing stream media so as to take back the stream media physical medium for use. According to the method, material storage, access and browsing efficiencies are improved to a large extent, the management efficiency and work efficiency of media contents are improved, and the system cost is greatly reduced. In addition, the invention discloses a system for implementing the method.

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Technical field [0001] The present invention relates to material storage management technology, in particular to a new method of storage and management of audio and video materials in the field of media asset management, and a management system for implementing the method. Background technique [0002] With the continuous advancement of science and technology and the development of society, content materials in all walks of life have exploded. How to store, manage and utilize these massive content assets safely and efficiently has become an urgent problem in the content management field: [0003] 1. The field of broadcasting and television: the development of high-definition television, the real-time content of content, and a wider range of sources of materials, from SD to HD, the size of media files has doubled. For the three-tier storage structure that is currently widely used, tape drives are easily broken. Frequent mechanical failures and limited simultaneous access to the tape...

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Problems solved by technology

[0008] 1. Storage management based on physical media (such as: DVD management system) is very difficult to find content, and it is impossible to quickly browse the contents of the disc. It is cumbersome to manage a large number of discs

[0009] 2. Based on disk array storage management, the search cost is very high, the capacity is limited, and the disk is easy to break down, resulting in data loss

[0010] 3. The three-level storage of online, near-line and offline has high cost and high failure rate. It can only support digital tapes. The retrieval efficiency is low and management is difficult.

[0011] At present, there is no storage management system suitable for the field of media content management with low cost, high security, fast and accurate content search, strong scalability, support for multiple physical media, and easy management and maintenance.

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