Junos Content Encore

Next generation caching and content delivery software system that reduces the costs of delivering video and OTT content, and enables new services.

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Consumers today expect all types of web and video content to be available at any time and on any device. For service provider and enterprise network operators, this shift in end-user behavior creates challenges and opportunities. The challenge of this video and rich media content is that it generates a tremendous amount of traffic on networks — which adds costs but adds little or no revenue.

However it also opens up the opportunity to capitalize on consumers’ appetite for video with innovative new services. Junos Content Encore* is a caching and delivery engine that can optimize networks for the efficient content delivery users demand and lower the costs of delivering OTT video and other applications. At the same time, Junos Content Encore provides a monetization platform that can enable new revenue-generating services.

Junos Content Encore offers flexible deployment options and is supported on the following platforms:

MX Series via the Application Services Modular Line Card a high-performance router-integrated caching blade
VXA Series Content Engines: dedicated, purpose built appliances that run Junos Content Encore
Generally available servers: Junos Content Encore is available in software-only form factor, enabling deployment on third-party servers or in virtualized environments

You can deploy Junos Content Encore to support a variety of business objectives focused on cost-optimization and driving revenue with new services. Deployment examples include:

Transparent caching for network optimization: lower costs by reducing the impact of OTT video content on your network.
Enabling new video services: content caching and adaptive bit-rate streaming are key enables of many exciting video services such as multiscreen video and TV everywhere.
Enterprise video delivery: Junos Content Encore can also help distributed enterprises deliver video and key files more efficiently.

Regardless of your content delivery goals, Junos Content Encore can help you achieve your objectives with an optimal blend of performance, scale and flexibility.

^{*Junos Content Encore was previously named Media Flow Controller.}

Feature	Description	Benefits
High-performance and scale	Unique software architecture that maximizes the performance of available hardware	Delivers up to 10 times more media per server than traditional caches — providing reduction in server hardware CapEx and OpEx. Provides throughput capacity that scales linearly with increases in available memory and disk space.
Extensible virtualization platform	Junos Content Encore’s open and extensible software architecture easily accommodates future applications and capabilities	Ability to adapt and grow to future requirements to ensure investment protection and longevity
Multi-tenant resource allocation	Enables monetization of caching resources by allowing caching resources to be logically segmented to support multiple customers	Facilitates introduction of new revenue-generating services And maximizes resource utilization.
Open APIs	Junos Content Encore provides open APIs to facilitate integration into existing networks	Simplifies integration with OSS/BSS. Reduces costs associated with system integration.
Converged multiprotocol, multi-format delivery	Ability to support all content formats and protocols from a single server	Reduces costs by eliminating protocol-specific servers and infrastructure. Provides a single, converged delivery infrastructure.
Cross-platform support	Available in multiple form factors, including software-only, on the carrier-class VXA Series platforms, and integration with the MX Series	Customizable for a broad range of deployment scenarios, and offers NEBS-compliant options.
Carrier-class hardware	VXA Series appliances that host Junos Content Encore on high availability, reliable hardware	Complete solution optimized for high availability (HA) and reliability
Cache clustering	Multiple Junos Content Encore systems can be combined to act as a single logical system	Improves overall system scale and performance, ensures high-availability via redundant systems.
Deep media intelligence	The ability to distinguish between content types and objects in order to understand their unique requirements, and to store, distribute, and deliver the content based on those requirements	Enables intelligent, content-aware decisions, dynamically adapts to changing content delivery requirements, and provides the foundation for hierarchical caching.
Hierarchical cache storage	A unique innovation that maximizes performance of available disks within a given caching system.	Stores content efficiently in appropriate storage tier, according to object type and user demand. Enables flexible capacity and configuration planning based on unique content requirements.
Adaptive bit rate streaming	Junos Content Encore delivers industry leading performance for adaptive streaming delivery	Allows customers to rapidly introduce alternative TV services, such as TV over broadband, ensures a TV-like viewing experience even as network conditions fluctuate, and increases viewer loyalty and retention.
Flexible deployment options	Can be deployed to support multiple caching and content delivery scenarios—including transparent caching, content delivery networks, and video delivery infrastructure.	Meets a wide variety of business and technical needs, and can be deployed as an origin cache, an edge cache, and as part of a video delivery service.

Hardware requirements

VXA Series Content Engines
MX Series with AS-MLC
x86 requirements: 4 GB RAM (R-Proxy), 72 GB RAM (T-Proxy), LSI 2008-based disk Encore, Intel 82599-based 10GbE (optional, only if 10GbE required), 8x1 TB SAS Drives (T-Proxy) 4x1 TB SAS Drives (R-Proxy)

Media delivery protocols
HTTP, RTSP, Real-Time Transport Protocol (RTP), RTMP, RTMP Tunneled (RTMPT), and Encrypted RTMP (RTMPE), Windows Media

Origin server interfaces
HTTP and Network File System (NFS)

Pre-positioning interfaces
HTTP and FTP

Live media ingest
HTTP and RTSP

Storage types
SSD, SAS, SATA, and NFS

Cached media
Rich content such as Web pages, thumbnails, ring tones, videos, and software install packages

Codecs

Standard video codecs such as MPEG-1, MPEG-2, H.263, H.264/MPEG-4 AVC, VP6, and VC1
Widely used audio codecs, including MP3 and Advanced Audio Coding (AAC)

Media containers
Popular media formats including FLV, MP4, MOV, MPG, WMV, F4V, F4P, ASF, Third-Generation Partnership Project (3GPP), and 3GPP2

Media players
Adobe Flash, Silverlight, QuickTime/iTunes, Windows Media Player, RealPlayer, and Move Media Player

Adaptive streaming
Apple iPhone Streaming, Microsoft Smooth Streaming, Move Adaptive Streaming, Adobe Dynamic RTMP, and Juniper SmoothFlow

Origin failover
Origin escalation that distributes content fetch requests across multiple origin servers for load balancing and failover

Operational modes
Transparent proxy (DMCA-compliant); reverse proxy; partially transparent

Management tools

CLI and browser-based GUI for configuration, monitoring, troubleshooting, and system maintenance
Junos Content Activate enables centralized management of Junos Content Encores for service configuration and provisioning. Refer the Junos Content Activate datasheet for information

Management interfaces
SNMP (v2) for alarm notification (traps) and exporting configuration and availability data to leading third-party management systems such as HP OpenView and IBM Tivoli

Logs

Access logs in W3C Extended Log File Format with support for customizing the fields to be logged
Syslogs for system and network level events and error logs for troubleshooting

Admin authentication
RADIUS, TACACS+, and local database

SNMP MIBs

NET-SNMP (includes host resources, interface, IP, network service MIBs)
Enterprise-MIBs for service related counters and alarms e.g. cache hit ratio, number of concurrent connections, and protocol response code counters