VoDKA Server
The VoDKA architecture is fully distributed and allows seamless, unlimited scaling and growth., both in streaming capacity and storage.
VoDKA enables lower network expenses by adapting the server to the network topology - and not the other way around. Operation costs are also very low thanks to a largely automated operation workflow.
VoDKA is possibly the only VoD server to support software updates without service interruptions; strives to comply with standards and offer open interfaces. Server rollout may be progressive, without disruptive changes.
The VoDKA server is the foundation for multiple products and services, and often becomes the centerpiece of converged multimedia networks: IPTV, mobile TV, internetTV, broadcast TV, digital signage.
Some VoDKA server highlights:
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Multiprotocol: the VoDKA server is not tied to any single protocol or format. Supports arbitrary media as CBR over HTTP, MPEG-4, H.264 and Quicktime media over RTSP/RTP; MPEG-2 Transport (H.222.1) over UDP; MPEG Layer 3 over RTP or ICEcast; ASF over MMS, among others.
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Multiprovider, support for multiple media providers integrated in a single distribution and delivery network, each in its own administrative domain.
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Extreme storage flexibility - supports both SAN-based storage, direct-attached disk, tape, or NAS heads. Or a complete, possibly distributed VoDKA system may be seen as a storage module from another VoDKA system.
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Modularity: the system is made of a collection of homogeneous modules, each providing specific functionality (streaming procotols, media adaptation, content retrieval), and connected according to the specific deployment needs.
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Scalability: thanks to its unique architecture, VoDKA can be deployed into a tiny microserver embedded into a network processor device, or over a hundred-node cluster.