Concepts and definitions

This section describes key concepts and defines terminology specific to this solution: 

application

A logical group of AWS resources that you want to operate as a unit.

workflow

Generated state machines that run a number of operations in sequence.

proxies

Files created at a lower resolution using compression technology for video, audio, images, and documents.

LTO

Linear Tape-Open is a magnetic tape data storage technology used for backup and archiving purposes.

MAM

Media Asset Management is a software tool that centrally manages, organizes, and catalogs media assets. MAM provides the option to associate media assets to one or several files with customized metadata to ease the content searching, retrieving, and distribution tasks.