Introduction
INDUSTRY
Video Streaming ServiceProvider

MainStreaming is an Intelligent Media Delivery company with solutions to address the challenges
faced by broadcasters and OTT providers. It delivers exceptional video experiences with sustained
video bitrate, ultra-low rebuffering rates, and faster video startup, especially for live streaming atscale. Its technology gives back control over the video delivery process, ensuring reliability,
guaranteeing Quality of Experience for end-users, elevating Quality of Service, and generating
measurable financial and environmental returns.
Established in 2016 with headquarters in Milan, MainStreaming has designed its innovative Edge
Video Delivery Network from the ground up. It is trusted by the leading European streaming
players, including DAZN, Sky, Rai, and ERT.

CHALLENGES• Adding Capacity to Deliver
Video to Additional Users• Reduce Power Usage• Increase Edge Video Delivery
Performance

Challenges
MainStreaming's business continues to grow across the EU. Streaming video is becoming apreferred method of watching what used to be broadcast in a fixed time frame. MainStreaming's
innovative Edge Video Delivery Network has been developed from scratch with sustainability atits core to focus on delivering video use cases, unlike traditional CDNs, which designed theirhardware and software to manage all kinds of web traffic and services.

Solution

SOLUTION
Supermicro Servers•

Range of Servers•

SSG-640SP-E1CR60

MainStreaming has taken a new approach by using an intelligent single-layer Edge cachingarchitecture, combined with the adoption of hardware selected for optimal performance,
resulting in up to 50% reduction in energy consumption. Not only does this improve energy
efficiency, but by reducing the number of caching layers and deploying the Edge capacity closerto the end users, it also improves the viewer quality of experience.
After significant evaluation, MainStreaming has selected the SSG-640SP-E1CR60 storage serverwith a 1.2PB SAS capacity for optimal performance and resilience, demonstrating a commitment
to advanced and reliable solutions. Supermicro's Intel Xeon Scalable processor was chosen as
the workhorse of the content delivery network (CDN) system.
Additionally, MainStreaming uses Supermicro's SuperServer for its Edge node to set new© 2024 Copyright Super Micro Computer, Inc. All rights reservedFebruary, 2024

benchmarks in the CDN industry. MainStreaming is on a mission to provide its clients with astate-of-the-art Edge Video Delivery Network service that excels in performance, reliability, andsustainability. This choice positions MainStreaming to maintain a competitive edge in the everevolving landscape of video content delivery.

Figure 1 – Supermicro SSG-640SP-E1CR60

Benefits

BENEFITS•Reduced Latencies•

Increased Workloads

MainStreaming saw immediate customer benefits when the Supermicro servers were part of thesolution. Adopting Supermicro servers configured with Intel® Xeon® Scalable Processors enables
up to 1.63x higher throughput and up to 50% power reduction while maintaining optimized
delivery for consumers at multiple screen resolutions.
"We are setting a new standard in the ever-evolving digital landscape by providing energyefficient, cost-effective, and advanced Edge Network services on top of optimizing performance,
thanks to our strategic collaboration with Supermicro. By integrating Supermicro's WIO Servers
into our infrastructure, we're ushering in a new era of efficiency, speed, and reliability. Oursoftware, combined with Supermicro hardware, allows us to offer the best streaminginfrastructure in Europe for delivering premium scalable live events to millions of concurrent
viewers simultaneously with QoE, lower rebuffering ratio, faster start up time, and higher
average bitrate." – Antonio G. Corrado, Founder and CEO of MainStreaming.

SUPERMICRO

MAINSTREAMING

Supermicro is a global leader in high performance,

MainStreaming is an Intelligent Media Delivery company

green computing server technology and innovation.

with solutions to address the challenges faced byWe provide our global customers with application-broadcasters and OTT providers. We deliver exceptional

optimized servers and workstations customized withvideo experiences with sustained video bitrate, ultra-low

blade, storage, and GPU solutions. Our products offer rebuffering rates and faster video startup, especially forproven reliability, superior design, and one of thelive streaming at scale. Our technology gives backindustry’s broadest array of product configurations,control over the video delivery process, ensuring

to fit all computational need.

reliability, guaranteeing Quality of Experience for end-For more information, visit
https://www.supermicro.com

users, elevating Quality of Service, and generating
measurable financial and environmental returns.

To learn more, visit the company’s website:
https://www.mainstreaming.com© 2024 Copyright Super Micro Computer, Inc. All rights reservedFebruary, 2024