The Transition to Microservices-Based Media Processing Architecture
Arnaud Caron, MediaKind.
This session provides an overview of the role of microservices architectures across a range of critical media processing tasks. Using real-world examples, the session examines the process changes and technical challenges that need to be overcome to meet the agility demands of end-to-end video flows.
Microservices are greatly changing how media processing functions such as encoding, packaging, pre-processing, and transcoding are deployed and scaled, enabling new business models to be realized. Broadcast and media operators can now accelerate operations and enhance future services by moving from dedicated hardware in data centers to embracing microservices such as hybrid cloud technologies, virtualization, orchestration and containers.
This session deep dives into the impact of microservices and IT cloud technologies on operator organizations. This includes the human layer and the need to build the right skillset within the organization, potentially shifting from engineering towards managed services. The session also looks at the technical side including the move away from monolithic software to micro-services running inside Docker containers orchestrated with Kubernetes, as well as operational deployment challenges that need to be overcome as the number of containers start to grow to where parametrization and automation techniques becomes critical.
The session mixes technical insights along with real world case study examples to highlight benefits and setbacks behind operators using dedicated media applications to render together the end-to-end video flow and open environment.
