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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 20, 1996
Filed:
Mar. 21, 1994
Mitsuru Akizawa, Hachioji, JP;
Hirofumi Yamashita, Yokohama, JP;
Hisamitsu Kawaguchi, Sagamihara, JP;
Katsumi Tada, Yokohama, JP;
Kanji Kato, Yokohama, JP;
Akira Kito, Ebina, JP;
Hidenori Yamada, Hadano, JP;
Hitachi, Ltd., Tokyo, JP;
Hitachi Computer Engineering Co., Ltd., Kanagawa, JP;
Abstract
A typical structure of a file server system is a file server system having a plurality of file servers connected in parallel on a network and sharing files placed distributedly in the file servers among a plurality of client computers, and there are provided in a specific file server among the plurality of file servers, a load information monitoring device for measuring respective loads of the plurality of file servers and a file access request distributing device for referring to the loads measured by the load information monitoring device so as to select a file server having a light load from the plurality of file servers having light loads, and distributing a file access request transmitted from client computers to the selected file server.