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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 12, 2015
Filed:
Nov. 18, 2013
International Business Machines Corporation, Armonk, NY (US);
Miki Enoki, Kanagawa-ken, JP;
Hiroshi Horii, Kanagawa-ken, JP;
Tamiya Onodera, Tokyo, JP;
Yohsuke Ozawa, Kanagawa-ken, JP;
International Business Machines Corporation, Armonk, NY (US);
Abstract
A system including multiple application servers for accessing shared data and a centralized control unit for centrally controlling a lock applied to the shared data by each of the application servers. Each application server includes a distributed control unit for controlling a lock applied to the shared data by the application server and a selection unit for selecting any one of distributed mode in which a lock is acquired from the distributed control unit or a centralized mode in which a lock is acquired from the centralized control unit.