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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 01, 2003
Filed:
Nov. 11, 1998
Satoshi Yoneya, Kanagawa, JP;
Masakazu Yoshimoto, Kanagawa, JP;
Sony Corporation, Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
An AV server comprises a processor part ( ) for performing various signal processing, such as compression-expansion, of inputted video and audio signals, a video RAID part ( ) for storing video signals, and an audio RAID part ( ) for storing audio signals. The processor part ( ) has a plurality of I/O boards ( ), provided for each channel, for supplying audio signals and video signals to the audio RAID part ( ) and the video RAID part ( ) respectively, and for receiving audio signals and video signals from the audio RAID part ( ) and the video RAID part ( ) respectively. The video RAID part ( ) is of RAID-3 configuration. The audio RAID part ( ) performs writing and reading of audio signals corresponding to each of a plurality of audio signal channels independent of the video RAID part ( ).