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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 12, 2002
Filed:
Oct. 28, 1998
Masahiro Ichimi, Kanagawa, JP;
Takashi Yamada, Kanagawa, JP;
Fujitsu Limited, Kawasaki, JP;
Abstract
A computer in a system includes a storage area request unit for notifying a storage device of the request size of a storage area in the storage device and the identification information of the apparatus; a storage device access unit for accessing an area assigned to the apparatus in the storage device using the identification information of the apparatus and specified by the identification information of the area; and a storage area assignment unit for notifying the apparatus of the identification information of an area to be assigned by the storage device to the apparatus according to the notification from the storage area request unit. With the above described configuration of the system in which a plurality of apparatuses share a storage device, a process can be easily inherited using the storage device when an optional apparatus in the system becomes inoperable.