A key component of the Aura Licensed CDN, Object Store is a replicated HTTP object store that stores media content persistently for content origination for a CDN. It supports file ingest from content management systems via multiple ingest protocols and originates that content for both linear and VOD applications. Designed specifically for network operators seeking a resilient online media storage solution to supplement their CDNs, Object Store is easy to manage, affordable, and scales to grow with business needs. Visit us to learn more: http://www.akamai.com/html/solutions/object-store.html

1. AKAMAI NETWORK OPERATOR SOLUTIONS: PRODUCT BRIEF
The consumption of online rich media is at an all time high and growing, fueled by the proliferation
of mobile devices and a widening array of web content choices. More than ever, consumers expect a
fast, secure, reliable media viewing experience on any device. To feed demand and meet expectations,
network operators are increasingly deploying their own CDNs, and dealing with the challenges of fully
integrating web content origin with that CDN to support live and on-demand applications.
Akamai offers the Aura Licensed CDN (LCDN), a suite of licensed Operator CDN (OCDN) solutions
that provide a highly scalable media CDN for multiscreen video services, large object delivery
and HTTP caching. It helps operators create opportunities for new revenue, cost reductions and
increased network efficiency, and deliver high quality experiences for online content, including
Over-the-Top (OTT) content services that increase subscriber loyalty.
Object Store
Object Store, a key component of the Aura LCDN, is a replicated HTTP object store that stores
media content persistently for content origination for a CDN. It supports file ingest from content
management systems via multiple ingest protocols and originates that content for both linear
and VOD applications.
Designed specifically for network operators seeking a resilient online media storage solution
to supplement their CDNs, Object Store is easy to manage, affordable, and scales to grow
with business needs.
How it Works
Object Store provides the root of the CDN hierarchy, serving cache misses from multiple CDN
caching tiers downstream. Based on standard HTTP delivery, it offers a scale-out content delivery
architecture for redundancy and storage expansion in which several nodes are connected to form
a common storage cluster with a single virtualized namespace.
Features
• Scale-out Storage — Scale to billions of files and petabytes of cloud storage. Object Store
runs on clustered commodity servers incorporating the latest hardware technology so you can
add disks and nodes easily to accommodate growing online content storage needs without
service disruption. I/O bandwidth and transaction processing capacity is added with each node,
and ingest/delivery capacity grows with storage.
• Resiliency and High Performance — Achieve high fault tolerance with multiple levels of
redundancy by employing mirroring and automatic failover. And because Object Store leverages
the same scalability techniques employed by HyperCache you are able to optimize performance
in delivering online content.
• Full CDN Integration — Upload and manage your own web content through separate
cloud-based content delivery accounts. Object Store supports a simple interface that makes it
easy to integrate into a your content management workflow. Because Object Store uses the
same front-end interface as HyperCache technology deployed throughout the rest of the HTTP
caching hierarchy, the interaction between Object Store and the rest of the CDN is optimized.
BENEFITS TO YOUR BUSINESS
• Extend capacity with the ability to scale
to petabytes of storage
• Scale linearly — I/O bandwidth and request
processing scale with storage
• Simplify content management through
traditional file transfer APIs or REST-based
cloud storage APIs
• Support live and on-demand
applications through redundant live
encoder feeds and HTTP adaptive streaming
• Boost performance with highly scalable
read-write access and no central database
• Manage content independently with
separate authenticated CDN accounts
• Offer non-stop operation with in-service
capacity expansion and in-service software
upgrades
• Support ingest and delivery of HTTP
adaptive bit-rate protocols including
Apple HLS, Microsoft Smooth Streaming
and Adobe HDS
Object Store
Highly scalable, persistent media content store for content origination for a CDN

2. Object Store
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