| 摘要 |
<p>PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a distribution device and a distribution method capable of efficiently distributing and performing caching of the content requested from a client.SOLUTION: A distribution device of an embodiment comprises: a storage part; a distribution part; and a file acquisition part. The storage part stores a manifest file in which a list of chunk files formed by dividing a file of content is described, and some chunk files from the beginning of the content. The distribution part performs processing for receiving a distribution request of content from a client terminal and reading the manifest file of the requested content from the storage part to distribute it, and processing for receiving a distribution request of the chunk file of the content from the client terminal and reading the requested chunk file from the storage part to distribute it. The file acquisition part acquires the chunk file which is not stored in the storage part from the storage device to store it in the storage part, before receiving the distribution request of the chunk file of the content from the client terminal.</p> |
