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File server system and file access control method of the same

US5548724A · kind A · utility

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Filing dateMar 21, 1994
Grant dateAug 20, 1996
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Expiry dateMar 21, 2014

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  • 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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