BIB-VERSION:: CS-TR-v2.0
          ID:: STAN//CS-TN-98-80
       ENTRY:: July 22, 1998
ORGANIZATION:: Stanford University, Department of Computer Science
       TITLE:: MEDIC: A Memory & Disk Cache for Multimedia Clients
        TYPE:: Technical Note
      AUTHOR:: Chang, Edward
      AUTHOR:: Garcia-Molina, Hector
        DATE:: July 1998
       PAGES:: 16
    ABSTRACT:: In this paper we propose an integrated memory and disk cache
               for a multimedia client. The cache cushions the multimedia
               decoder from input rate fluctuations and mismatches, and
               because data can be cached to disk, the acceptable
               fluctuations can be very large. This gives the media server
               much greater flexibility for load balancing, and lets the
               client operate efficiently when the network rate is much
               larger or smaller than the media display rate. We analyze the
               memory requirements for this cache, and analytically derive
               safe values for its control parameters. Using a realistic
               case study, we study the interaction between memory size,
               peak input rate, and disk performance, and show that a
               relatively modest amount of main memory can support a wide
               range of scenarios.
       NOTES:: [Adminitrivia V1/Prg/19980722]
         END:: STAN//CS-TN-98-80