Anevia confirms IBC debut for cloud-native CDN solution
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Louise Duffy
| 05 July 2019

OTT and IPTV software solutions provider Anevia has chosen IBC as the occasion for the European launch of its NEA-CDN 5 cloud-native content delivery network solution, which it claims is a world's first.

NEA-CDN 5 is designed to enable operators to scale their OTT services for peak viewing by adding their own CDN to their existing network infrastructure.

Designed specifically for video streaming, it reduces network load by caching user requests and content to form a shield which protects origin servers from multiple requests.

The solution is orchestrated through the Kubernetes container management system. OTT operators can scale their service up and down by using virtual-machine hosts over an internal or external cloud infrastructure. All that is required is an accessible Kubernetes cluster, available on most public clouds, plus the NEA-CDN 5 configuration itself.

Anevia’s NEA-CDN 5 can be distributed geographically to cover multiple territories. When positioned close to end-users at the edge of the CDN, it optimises bandwidth requirements within the network. Associating NEA-CDN 5 with a NEA-CDN Balancer allows large session amounts to be handled and maximises the output traffic to improve customer quality of experience.

“Version 5 reduces or even eliminates the need for capacity planning,” explained Anevia NEA-CDN product manager David Tencer. “It is supplied as a container to be used with the Docker software platform. The container approach allows the service to be scaled for temporary or permanent requirements literally within minutes. This is also ideal for setting up a private cloud infrastructure to handle an OTT operator’s mainstream traffic. Users can also add external cloud resources on the fly ahead of sports events that are likely to generate high viewing peaks.

“A second major benefit of using a container model is that processes are separated from the underlying hardware, so it is no longer necessary to set up separate servers for the CDN and other processes. Operators can run their applications separately over the same private or public cloud infrastructure, within orchestrated containers. Combining a NEA-CDN with an Anevia origin server such as NEA-LIVE or NEA-DVR makes video delivery even more efficient, especially for live and near-live TV.”