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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 20, 2009
Filed:
May. 05, 2005
Applicants:
Tomohiro Shinohara, Yokohama, JP;
Hidenori Sugiyama, Yokohama, JP;
Inventors:
Tomohiro Shinohara, Yokohama, JP;
Hidenori Sugiyama, Yokohama, JP;
Assignee:
Hitachi, Ltd., Tokyo, JP;
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 11/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
A cluster system coupled to a client computer via a network has plural nodes which provide services to the client computer. A first node of the plural nodes has a priority recognizing processing module, which consults a priority of a frame received from the client computer. A second node of the plural nodes has a fail over processing module, which performs fail over on plural software resources managed by the first node according to an order of fail over priority that is based on the priority consulted by the priority recognizing processing module of the first node.