Content delivery networks (CDNs) have been widely implemented to provide scalable cloud services. Such networks support resource pooling by allowing virtual machines or physical servers to be dynamically activated and deactivated according to current user demand. This paper examines online video replication and placement problems in CDNs. An effective video provisioning scheme must simultaneously (i) utilize system resources to reduce total energy consumption and (ii) limit replication overhead. We propose a scheme called adaptive data placement (ADP) that can dynamically place and reorganize video replicas among cache servers on subscribers' arrival and departure. Both the analyses and simulation results show that ADP can reduce the number of activated cache servers with limited replication overhead. In addition, ADP's performance is approximate to the optimal solution.Index Terms-Content delivery networks, resource management, video streaming xxxx-xxxx/0x/$xx.00

This paper presents an intelligent gateway architecture, IP-CLIX, that shields device and interface heterogeneity from network provisioning tools. A salient feature of IP-CLIX is its meta-data-driven approach, which facilitates incremental support of various interfaces and services, and enables rapid deployment of mediation modules for additional CLI types.

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