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Film Library Client-Server Architecture

publish date: 2026/06/10 21:07:24.402328 UTC

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A multi-user web-based film and photograph library uses a client-server architecture with separate servers for different media types. Why are still pictures maintained on a separate server from video?

Because the web server cannot handle both types of content simultaneously

Because the database schema for pictures and video cannot be combined in a single system

Because pictures and video use completely different network protocols that cannot coexist

Because video frames must be transmitted quickly and in synchrony at relatively low resolution, so video compression can be handled by the video server, while still pictures must be maintained at high resolution on a dedicated server

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Explanation

In the film library client-server example, video frames need to be transmitted quickly and in synchrony but at relatively low resolution, so the video server handles compression and decompression in different formats. Still pictures, however, must be maintained at high resolution, making it appropriate to maintain them on a separate, dedicated picture server.

Reference

Software Engineering, Ian Sommerville, 10th edition

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