Distributed recording of a video based on available disk space

摘要

A federated media server system. The federated media server system may include a plurality of media servers. A first media server may be coupled to a second media server over a network. The first media server may also be coupled to a third media server over the network. Additionally, the second and third media servers may be coupled to a plurality of respective clients. The first media server may be configured to record video, e.g., videoconferences, and stream recordings to clients and/or the second and third media servers. The second and third media servers may assist in performing video recording, transcoding, storage of recordings, multicasting, etc.

主权项

1. A method for recording a video, comprising:
a first computer system recording the video comprising a plurality of video streams received from a plurality of endpoints; during recording, the first computer system determining that disk space of the first computer system is limited; in response to determining that disk space of the first computer system is limited, the first computer system providing a request to a second computer system to record the video; in response to determining that disk space of the first computer system is limited, the first computer system streaming a video stream corresponding to the video to the second computer system, wherein the second computer system is configured to record the video based on the video stream, wherein the second computer system is configured to receive the request from the first computer system and record the video instead of the first computer system in response to the request, wherein the second computer system is configured to record the video using the video stream received from the first computer system; wherein transferring recording from the first computer system to the second computer system is performed without interrupting recording of the video.