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Chapter 19 Content Distribution and Delivery

Concepts

Table 19-1 Comparison of Supported Content-Distribution Methods (continued)

Method	Use Cases
ECDS	Consider ECDS when:

•You use DMPs and Cisco Show and Share.

•Your DMPs show high-definition video.

•Each site in your WAN has a minimum of three DMPs or three Show and Share users.

•Each site in your WAN has less bandwidth capacity than T2/E2.

•On average, each site in your organization downloads 200-300 MB of video daily.

•You need a comprehensive platform for media-delivery, including a Flash streaming server.

ACNS Consider ACNS when:

•You use DMPs and Cisco Show and Share.

•Your DMPs show high-definition video.

•Each site in your WAN has a minimum of three DMPs or three Show and Share users.

•Each site in your WAN has less bandwidth capacity than T2/E2.

•On average, each site in your organization downloads 200-300 MB of video daily.

•You need a comprehensive platform for media-delivery, excepting a Flash streaming server.

WAAS Consider WAAS when:

•You use DMPs and Cisco Show and Share.

•You use Windows Media for live Show and Share streams.

•Each site in your WAN has a minimum of three DMPs or three Show and Share users.

•Each site in your WAN has less bandwidth capacity than T2/E2.

•On average, each site in your organization downloads more than 300 Mbps of video daily.

•You want to use the CIFS protocol when provisioning assets to your DMPs.

Related Topics

•DMS-CD Overview, page 19-4

•Understand DMP Support for the CIFS Protocol, page 19-2

•Configure ACNS or WAAS, page 19-15

DMS-CD Concepts

•DMS-CD Overview, page 19-4

•Retry Timeout, page 19-4

•Concurrent Deployments, page 19-4

•DMS-CD Performance Factors, page 19-4

•Understand Shared Scheduling Features for Deployments, page 19-6

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