Apparatus and method for controlling access to a disk apparatus in an information processing system

摘要

An information processing apparatus including plural operation processing apparatuses and plural disk apparatuses, which are connected to each other via a switch. A management apparatus provides, in response to a loan request from a terminal, a first operation resource and a first storage resource of a first processing apparatus in which a first operation processing apparatus and a first disk apparatus are connected with each other through the switch, to the terminal through a network. The management apparatus releases the connection between the first operation processing apparatus and the first disk apparatus through the switch in response to a return request from the terminal and provides the first storage resource and a second operation resource of a second processing apparatus in which a second operation processing apparatus and the first disk apparatus are connected with each other through the switch, to the terminal through the network.

主权项

1. An information processing system, comprising:
an information processing apparatus including a plurality of operation processing apparatuses, a plurality of disk apparatuses, and a switch apparatus which connects any one of the plurality of operation processing apparatuses to any one of the plurality of disk apparatuses; a plurality of terminal apparatuses connected to the plurality of operation processing apparatuses through a network; and a management apparatus configured to:
in response to a first loan request from a first terminal apparatus,
provide the first terminal apparatus access to a first operation resource of a first operation processing apparatus and a first storage resource of a first disk apparatus via a first processing apparatus in which the first operation processing apparatus among the plurality of operation processing apparatuses and the first disk apparatus among the plurality of disk apparatuses are connected with each other through the switch apparatus, andin response to a return request of the first processing apparatus from the first terminal apparatus,
release the connection between the first operation processing apparatus and the first disk apparatus through the switch apparatus, andprovide the first terminal apparatus access to the first storage resource of the first disk apparatus via a second operation resource of a second processing apparatus in which a second operation processing apparatus among the plurality of operation processing apparatuses and the first disk apparatus are connected with each other through the switch apparatus such that the first terminal apparatus may continue to access the first storage resource of the first disk apparatus using the second operation resource of the second processing apparatus after returning the first processing apparatus.