Julie Rudder j-rudder@northwestern.eduDigital Initiatives Project ManagerDLF Forum 2014

Streaming Media since 2001

Total Audio-Video Assets Served: 34,146

Background on Streaming at NUL

Retire current infrastructureby summer 2015

Door Authentication App

This might happen!

Use CasesCourse Reserves – restricted access

Archival Collections

MMLC – video management by unitsoutside the library

FutureAdditional Units outside the library?

Integration with other campus media solutions?

Pilot – Summer 2013

• A few classes support• Two public collections• Local VM infrastructure

Full production – Fall 2014

• All new requests via Avalon (no migration)• MMLC launches Unit• NUIT (central data center) infrastructure

Implementation

1 DevOps (install, configure, support)

1 Developer (app customization, support)

1 Project Manager (app oversight, integrations oversight)

1 Service Owner (liaise with units & users, workflow, support)

Staffing

Business hours - Library DC staff support

24 hour - Central IT – helpdesk support

24 hour -Canvas helpdesk support

Production Environment

Load BalancerStreaming -

FMS 1Streaming -

FMS 2

VM

Avalon Web App

4 TB dedicated Hardware

Transcoding

Shared Production Fedora Fedora

Shared SOLR Dedicated SOLR Core

Existing Production Systems

Streaming Media since 2001

Total Audio-Video Assets Served: 34,146

Background on Streaming at NULIntegrations

• Canvas and Blackboard

• Existing handle server

• LDAP

• Related -- Ares Course Reserves (request

mechanism)