Network Content Storage Segmentation for Capacity Reduction
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Solution Overview
Problem
Current digital video recording (DVR) devices and network storage systems are limited in capacity, prone to hardware failures, and increase maintenance and equipment costs for service providers, leading to potential loss of recorded content and inefficiencies in managing and storing broadband content.
Innovation Solution
A network-based content storage system that extracts and uniquely encodes portions of content items for individual users, allowing for separate storage and reconstruction of the content, reducing storage needs and enhancing user accessibility while minimizing redundant copies.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Adaptability or versatility
If content is stored for multiple customers using traditional DVR devices, then content accessibility is improved, but storage requirements and hardware costs increase
Solution Approach 1:
The content item is divided into multiple portions, where a first portion is extracted and stored separately for each customer, while a second portion is stored separately. This segmentation allows the system to serve multiple customers with the same content item by storing only partial copies rather than complete duplicates, thereby reducing overall storage requirements while maintaining content accessibility.
Solution Approach 2:
A first portion of the content item is extracted from the full content and stored separately for each customer. This extraction principle allows the system to retain only the necessary portions of content for each user rather than storing entire content items, reducing storage requirements while still enabling content delivery when needed.
2Quantity of substance
If more content is recorded and stored, then content variety increases, but hardware resources and compression capabilities become insufficient
Solution Approach 1:
By segmenting content into portions and storing only the necessary first portion for each customer along with a separate second portion, the system can manage larger volumes of content without proportionally increasing hardware resources. The segmentation allows efficient use of storage capacity and reduces the burden on compression capabilities.
3Reliability
If traditional DVR devices are used for content storage, then content recording capability is maintained, but hardware failure risk and maintenance costs increase
Solution Approach 1:
The content storage is segmented into multiple portions stored in different locations or formats. This segmentation provides inherent redundancy and fault tolerance, as the loss of one portion does not result in complete data loss. The system can reconstruct content using the stored portions, improving reliability without requiring expensive redundant hardware systems.
Data Source
AI summary
Systems, methods, and computer-readable media for network-based storage of requested content are provided. A request for a content item may be received by a content storage device from a customer. Portions of the content item may be extracted from the content item. The content storage device may store the extracted portions of the content item specific to the customer. Additionally, the remainder of the content item may be stored by the content storage device separately from the stored extracted portion. The content item may be reconstructed for the customer using the extracted portions of the content item specific to the customer and the remainder of the content item.