InfoValue Computing Showcases QuickVideo OnDemand Performance on Intel's Pentium III Xeon Machines

Strategic Insights -

Attendees visiting InfoValue Computing's booth at the NAB conference will see the benefits of running the company's QuickVideo OnDemand (QVOD) technology on Intel's Pentium III Xeon Symmetric Multi-Processing (SMP) machines. The configuration facilitates the unprecedented performance of streaming more than 750Mbps or 500 simultaneous users of high-quality videos from a single 4-way Pentium III server. This is 50 percent higher than the throughput delivered by the high-end 8-way UNIX server used in the Time Warner full service network field trial conducted earlier this year.

Key Takeaways:

  • QuickVideo OnDemand (QVOD) technology facilitates streaming of more than 750Mbps or 500 simultaneous users of high-quality videos from a single 4-way Pentium III server.
  • The throughput is 50 percent higher than that delivered by the high-end 8-way UNIX server used in the Time Warner full service network field trial.
  • The configuration for the InfoValue QVOD benchmark includes a 4-way Pentium III Xeon server provided by Intel, Windows NT 4.0 with Service Pack 4, a Fibre Channel RAID provided by DataDirect Networks, a Gigabit Ethernet Switch provided by Packet Engine, and Intel's Gigabit and Fast Ethernet cards.
  • InfoValue's patented QVOD software transforms Pentium PCs into powerful streaming-multimedia servers that can support any type of media stream, including non-proprietary formats such as MPEG-1, MPEG-2, MPEG-4, and MP3.
  • QVOD also scales effectively with the number of servers in a cluster and is ideal for streaming solutions for all workgroup, enterprise, and broadband environments.
  • Running QuickVideo OnDemand streaming on Pentium PCs reduces the costs of video streaming to one-fourth the cost of using a RISC-based video server.
  • InfoValue's QVS is a component of the award-winning QuickVideo Suite, which integrates all major video streaming applications.

Statistics:

  • 750Mbps: the speed at which InfoValue's QVOD technology facilitates the streaming of high-quality videos.
  • 500: the number of simultaneous users that can be supported by a single 4-way Pentium III server.
  • 50 percent: the increase in throughput compared to the high-end 8-way UNIX server used in the Time Warner full service network field trial.
  • 4: the number of ways the Pentium III Xeon server is configured.
  • 8: the number of ways the high-end UNIX server is configured.

Sources:

  • Business Wire, "NAB Attendees to See InfoValue Computing's QuickVideo OnDemand Performance on Intel's Pentium III Xeon Machines", April 19, 1999
  • InfoValue Computing, "QuickVideo OnDemand", no date
  • Intel, "Pentium III Xeon", no date
  • DataDirect Networks, "Fibre Channel RAID", no date
  • Packet Engine, "Gigabit Ethernet Switch", no date