Patent ID: 8191097

Claim:
An apparatus comprising: a server configured to distribute requested video assets to requesting user equipment via an access network, the server comprising: a storage medium comprising a primary storage partition configured to store frequently requested video assets and a secondary storage partition configured to store infrequently requested video assets; a manager configured to manage migration of video assets, wherein the manager is configured to track asset request rates and threshold rates of respective video assets; wherein the manager, in response to an infrequently requested video asset becoming frequently requested, is configured to select and transmit the frequently requested video asset to at least one primary partition of each of at least two servers; wherein the manager, in response to a frequently requested video asset becoming infrequently requested, is configured to select and transmit the infrequently requested video asset to at least one secondary partition of at least one, but less than the all of, the at least two servers and removing the infrequently requested video asset from the primary partitions.