| 摘要 |
<p>There is provided a storage system including a storage unit (17) capable of storing therein file data, a plurality of file servers (12-1 to 12-n) for effecting file processing on the storage unit (17) in response to a file request concerning file data which is received from a client(2)through an external network (3), a file server administrating node (11) for unitarily administrating transfer processing for transferring the file data to the file server (12-i (i=1 to n)) based on the file request and reply processing for sending a reply message concerning the file request to the client (2) and an internal network (14) for interconnecting the storage unit (17), the file servers (12-i) and the file server administrating node (11) so that communication can be effected in the internal network (14). According to the foregoing arrangement, it is possible for the storage system to have satisfactory scalability capable of coping with the expansion of band of the network at a low cost.</p> |
