System for the management of multiple time-critical data streams

摘要: A networked computer system for storing and presenting multimedia data distributes that among multiple storage devices of the system. The includes a plurality computers, each which supports at least one viewing station. Each station has access to any file on can retrieve display demand. To provide an efficient and, same time, reduce probability may be interrupted, allocates resources, prioritizes files, buffers prior data's delivery video adapters.