Enterprise multimedia data processing system and method using scalable object-based architecture

A data processing system includes client workstations, mass storage devices, input-output peripherals, and a server subsystem. The server subsystem includes a security server that accepts user information from a workstation and grants a security ticket to the workstation in response to the user'...

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Main Authors WINTER; JAMES W, HANSIRISAWAT; SAWAT, GARFINKLE; PHILIP N, MCDONALD; MICHAEL
Format Patent
LanguageEnglish
Published 17.02.1998
Edition6
Subjects
CALCULATING
COMPUTING
COUNTING
ELECTRIC COMMUNICATION TECHNIQUE
ELECTRIC DIGITAL DATA PROCESSING
ELECTRICITY
PHYSICS
TRANSMISSION OF DIGITAL INFORMATION, e.g. TELEGRAPHICCOMMUNICATION
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Summary:A data processing system includes client workstations, mass storage devices, input-output peripherals, and a server subsystem. The server subsystem includes a security server that accepts user information from a workstation and grants a security ticket to the workstation in response to the user's authorization level. The server subsystem also includes a volume manager that controls object storage to, and retrieval from, the mass storage subsystem. The volume manager caches objects related to a requested object. A domain server maintains a server map relating server names to physical network addresses, a volume map relating volume names to a corresponding volume manager, and a family map relating volume family names to a corresponding volume manager.
Bibliography:Application Number: US19960583520