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DHPC Technical Report DHPC-029

Compression of Image Data and Performance Tradeoffs for Client/Server Systems

J.F.Hercus and K.A.Hawick

Archived: 22 January 1998

Published in Proc. of the 5th IDEA Workshop, Fremantle, February 1998.

Abstract

We discuss issues relating We to the compression system in the distributed image repository of the DISCWorld system. We The distributed image repository is inten ded for the distributed storage and retrieval of large scientific imagery datasets. Given the large and regular nature of this type of data there is considerable scope for the application of data compression techniques in the system to reduce storage requirements and data transmission times. We develop a framework for modeling the performance of the compression system within the DISCWorld, with the intention of applying this to and in the design of the system. The model is applied to two example situations to illustrate its application in the design and optimisation of the repository.

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