Abstract
Database technology is evolving to accommodate complex multimedia objects — data types that present unique challenges in the storage and movement of large time-dependent objects. The manipulation and analysis of these large and semantically rich objects require techniques far different from those used for alphanumeric databases. This paper presents multimedia server-based architectures based on massively parallel processor systems and an object-relational database management system. The transition from client-centric multimedia applications to a client/server environment is examined, and several applications are discussed that illustrate the use of multimedia database servers based on the object-relational model. Finally, this paper reviews the architecture of two scaleable multimedia servers that can support these applications: MoonBase, a database server with full content analysis capability for multimedia objects, and the audio/video server, a system-based file server that can operate within the MoonBase architecture.
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