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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 22, 2000
Filed:
Nov. 18, 1998
Hiroshi Yashiro, Kawasaki, JP;
Hideki Murayama, Kunitachi, JP;
Hirofumi Fujita, Yokohama, JP;
Takehisa Hayashi, Sagamihara, JP;
Masahiro Kitano, Hiratsuka, JP;
Hitachi, Ltd., Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
A memory disc sharing method in which a plurality of computers share a memory disc through a network, wherein a command in accordance with which the memory disc is accessed is received by a network interface apparatus, and when a requested computer to which a request of the command has been made is any of other computers, the command is transmitted to the any of other computers, and when the requested computer is a computer concerned, the command is stored in a memory disc command queue. The network interface apparatus retrieves the command from the memory disc command queue, and executes the processing of reading out/writing data from/to the memory disc in the computer concerned when a requesting computer from which a request of the command has been made is the computer concerned, and carries out the data transfer between the memory disc in the computer concerned and the requesting computer when the requesting computer is any of other computers.