A hierarchical system configuration method and an integrated scheduling
method for offering a multimedia streaming service on a two-level double
cluster system are provided. The hierarchical system configuration method
includes the steps of: determining whether one server node exists; if one
server node exists, determining whether one virtual server node/specific
network storing and merging block exists; and if one virtual server
node/specific network storing and merging block exists, setting a system
configuration mode for configuring a single virtual server node based
multimedia streaming server system and determining a representative
network address of a current system, wherein depending on a scale and a
characteristic of the multimedia streaming service, a hierarchical
multimedia streaming server system is configured into a single virtual
server node based system, which is a minimum-scale, a mono-level single
virtual cluster based system, which is a medium-scale, and a two-level
double cluster based system, which is a maximum-scale.