| 摘要 |
A connection switching apparatus and system are disclosed that provide an inexpensive, high-speed and large-capacity file system having functional extensibility and enabling redundant data writing. A connection switching apparatus is provided on the side of a telecommunication circuit of a plurality of file servers. Provided within the connection switching apparatus are a communication control unit, a signal processing unit for appending a code indicating the leading end to the file identifier of a communication packet to be the leading end, a switching unit for performing connection switching to select a communication packet, a file server switching order storage unit, and a table storage unit storing in a table format a file identifier set for each file stored in the file servers are provided. When reading out a file from the file servers, the connection switching apparatus first forms a table in the table storage unit and then sends a file read out from the file servers in the order set in the table.
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