content in 10 different formats
CAPEX Trade-off:
Requires 24 servers without
acceleration
Requires only 1 with 4 SharpStreamers accelerated
OPEX Trade-off:
Requires 11,405W – estimated $9,991 power costs/year without acceleration
Requires only 1056W – estimated $925 power costs/year with SharpStreamer acceleration
Real-time Broadcast ABR Transcoding
Processing 96 1080p streams in multiple formats
CAPEX Trade-off:
Requires 16 servers without acceleration
Requires only 1 with 4 SharpStreamers accelerated
OPEX Trade-off:
Requires 7,604W – estimated $6,661 power costs/year without acceleration
Requires only 1056W – estimated $925 power costs/year with SharpStreamer acceleration
CAPEX & OPEX Impact
Stacked Servers vs. SharpStreamerTM
Source: “Video Transcoding in the Cloud,” a white paper co-written by Artesyn, Intel and Dell released September 12, 2014