Provision of large volumes of digital data to large numbers of subscribers, e.g. provision of digital video data, using a reliable data store so that subscribers can simultaneously access streaming data

摘要

Method for operation of a server, preferably a video server, for supply of a number of participants with a digital data stream, preferably digital video data with a storage cycle having the following steps: division of the data into sequential data blocks, distribution of the data blocks on at least two separate hard drives, with each bloc assigned to a hard drive or hard drive partition with sequential blocks stored on different hard drives or partitions. A read cycle has the following steps: division of a read process into sequential read accesses, distributed read accesses to different hard drives and or partitions whereby sequential read accesses are made to different hard drives or partitions. The invention also relates to a corresponding vide server.