Apple next-generation HTTP Live Streaming technology sends live or prerecorded audio and video to an iPhone, iPod touch or desktop computer with QuickTime X. It uses the HTTP protocol, the same network technology that powers the web. QuickTime X streams audio and video from almost any web server instead of specialized servers.
Caringo's CAStor™ content storage infrastructure uses HTTP as its native interface. By using HTTP, the same protocol that powers the web to power storage, any standard server can become a web server. A storage cloud of x86 servers running CAStor can infinitely scale to efficiently store and distribute mass quantities of streaming media files. It can handle 10,000s of connections over HTTP. No intermediate servers are needed.
Kamiel Straatman, an IT Architect focusing on storage, networking and cross-industry technologies, integrated Apple's HTTP Live Streaming technology on the clients side and Caringo's CAStor content storage as a media server on the back-end. This integration demonstrates storing and distributing streaming media over HTTP from a storage cloud with standard servers.
Mr. Straatman works for Storius.nl and Betagraphics.nl in The Netherlands. If you have any comments or questions, email k.straatman@home.nl. Software license under GNU General Public License.