Design of a service oriented architecture for efficient resource allocation in media environments

In many business domains, Grids and Service Oriented Architectures are considered to improve application design, integration and execution. In the audiovisual industry, applications are very data-intensive, time-constrained and computationally demanding, and design of a Service Oriented Architecture in this domain is no straightforward task. Efficient resource allocation-especially in terms of network usage-is paramount to meet users’ requirements in terms of deadlines and responsiveness, and offer high scalability at the same time. We present a resource- and network-aware management architecture addressing the issues in media environments, incorporating a number of scheduling algorithms and advance reservation systems to ensure efficient resource usage.