DHPC Talk DHPCT-017

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

James Hercus

Archived: 25 February 1999

Presented at the 5th IDEA Workshop, Fremantle, February 1998.
See also the accompanying technical paper.

Abstract

We discuss issues relating to the compression system in the distributed image repository of the DISCWorld system. The distributed image repository is intended 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.

PostScript version of the slides


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