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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 26, 2010
Filed:
Apr. 26, 2006
Kunihiko Toumura, Hachioji, JP;
Mikio Kataoka, Kokubunji, JP;
Junji Yamamoto, Tokyo, JP;
Toshiaki Suzuki, Hachioji, JP;
Kunihiko Toumura, Hachioji, JP;
Mikio Kataoka, Kokubunji, JP;
Junji Yamamoto, Tokyo, JP;
Toshiaki Suzuki, Hachioji, JP;
Hitachi, Ltd., Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
An object of this invention is to reduce a calculation amount and required storage capacity of a URL switch by dividing transfer destination determining processing among a plurality of devices. Provided is a computer system including: a plurality of servers; and a packet transfer device, in which: the servers are coupled to the packet transfer device; the packet transfer device is coupled to a client terminal via a network; the packet transfer device receives a content request including a fixed-length hash value that is calculated from a variable-length identifier of the content requested by the client terminal; extracts the hash value from the received content request; and determines, based on the extracted hash value, to which one of the plurality of servers the content request is to be transferred.
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