File server system and file access control method of the same
US5548724A · kind A · utility
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Key dates
| Filing date | Mar 21, 1994 |
| Grant date | Aug 20, 1996 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Mar 21, 2014 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC G)Physics
- CPC primaryG06F16/10
- WIPO fieldComputer technology
- WIPO sectorElectrical engineering
Abstract
A typical structure of a file server system is a file server system having a plurality of file servers connected in parallel on a network and sharing files placed distributedly in the file servers among a plurality of client computers, and there are provided in a specific file server among the plurality of file servers, a load information monitoring device for measuring respective loads of the plurality of file servers and a file access request distributing device for referring to the loads measured by the load information monitoring device so as to select a file server having a light load from the plurality of file servers having light loads, and distributing a file access request transmitted from client computers to the selected file server.
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