Scalable Platform How scalable is Windows Media Rights Manager?
Windows Media Rights Manager is highly scalable. The server components in Windows Media Rights Manager are implemented as COM–based objects, which provide great flexibility and scalability in creating a Windows Media DRM system for specific business models. In addition, Windows Media Rights Manager supports high–volume delivery of digital media files and licenses. Scalability features include the following: • Protecting content A single server can encrypt over 500,000 music files per day. The high performance of the encryption algorithm used in Windows Media Rights Manager makes it possible for server administrators to frequently change encryption keys and/or re–encrypt a given digital media file frequently. A digital media file can be re–encrypted with a different key for each download. • Issuing licenses Windows Media Rights Manager can scale to issue licenses. On a Pentium 4, 2.4 gigahertz, 256 megabytes of random access memory, dual–processor desktop, it can issue 22.33 licenses pe
