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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 29, 2005
Filed:
May. 18, 1999
Hideki Murayama, Kunitachi, JP;
Hiroshi Yashiro, Kawasaki, JP;
Satoshi Yoshizawa, Musashino, JP;
Kazuo Horikawa, Yokohama, JP;
Takehisa Hayashi, Sagamihara, JP;
Hiroshi Iwamoto, Hadano, JP;
Kimitoshi Yamada, Hadano, JP;
Hideki Murayama, Kunitachi, JP;
Hiroshi Yashiro, Kawasaki, JP;
Satoshi Yoshizawa, Musashino, JP;
Kazuo Horikawa, Yokohama, JP;
Takehisa Hayashi, Sagamihara, JP;
Hiroshi Iwamoto, Hadano, JP;
Kimitoshi Yamada, Hadano, JP;
Hitachi, Ltd., Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
A computer system having a plurality of computers connected to each other by a computer coupling mechanism. Each computer includes a processor, memory, I/O device, disk control mechanism, computer coupling network adapter, disk requirement processing section connected to a system bus, and a disk connected to a disk control mechanism. The disk requirement processing section controls the disk, in response to a processing requirement for the disk from one of the processors of the other computers, based on structural definition information. The structural definition information describes a structure of the computer system. The computer system may be a loosely-coupled computer system.