摘要 |
<p>Disclosed is a system, method, and program for linking to data from a document that includes a pointer to the data in a first storage device, which may be maintained in a network file server. A first request to access the data addressed by the pointer in the document is processed. Information on alternate storage devices, such as alternate file servers in the network, and data therein is processed to determine whether a copy of the data is present in a second storage device. A second request is submitted to access the copy of the data in the second storage device after determining that the information indicates that the second storage device includes the data. The accessed copy of the data, received in response to the second request, is then returned to the first request.</p> |