Media server features media processing management software

21st April 2015

Siobhan O'Gorman

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The first dedicated media server on the market with built-in media processing management software has been introduced by ADLINK Technology. The MCS-2040 offers six times the performance of pure software transcoding solutions and reserves more than 80% of CPU capacity for customer applications.

Based on dual 4th gen Intel Core i7/i5/i3 processors or the Intel Xeon E3-1200 V3 processor, the media cloud server targets video applications such as surveillance, video conferencing and IPTV content delivery.

The media server market currently offers two distinct options: a general-purpose hardware solution that relies on software for functionality, and a dedicated media server with no added software included. The MCS-2040 offers the high performance and efficiency of a dedicated media server without dominating CPU load availability. The device’s built-in MediaManager software offers enriched features above those of the Intel Media Software Development Kit (Media SDK) supported by, but not included with, other dedicated media server options. As an ASIC solution, the media server helps further speed time-to-market for customers by mitigating technical risks and reducing development time through the provided MediaManager software capabilities.

The MCS-2040 offers four compute nodes is a 2U 19” form factor. Each node offers two independent systems communicating via GigE; four DIMMS with up to 32GB DDR3 memory (16GB/system); quad GbE RJ45 (two/system); four hot-swappable 2.5” SATA drive bays; a PCIe slot reserved for I/O expansion to integrate 3rd party SDI, FC, and Ethernet cards; two 1600W redundant power supplies; and MediaManager software to round out the application-ready intelligent platform.

ADLINK’s MediaManager expands on the functionality of Intel Media SDK by providing additional modules to handle common media processing tasks not natively supported by the Intel Media SDK API, including mux/demux of media container files, RTP receiving and streaming, video composition and audio processing.

“The current landscape includes high-cost, low-performance generic servers that rely purely on software to make them competitive as a media cloud server, or dedicated servers with no built-in software to enable faster development time for video applications,” commented Yong Luo, Head, Embedded Computing Product Segment, ADLINK. “The MCS-2040 offers increased performance that mitigates the overall product cost by 50% and enables upgrade to a new generation of CPU/GPU without changing a single line of source code.”