摘要 |
PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To enable a computer connected to SAN to access as a file pieces of data on a storage device which is controlled by another computer, does not have a file converting function of absorbing differences between systems, and is connected to the same SAN. SOLUTION: When a backup computer 1030 tries to access a disk 1090 on SAN 1080 controlled by a host computer 1020 on a file level, the backup computer 1030 inquires the kind of the file system controlling the disk 1090 of the host computer 1020 and then a backup computer 1040 reads file access information out of the disk 1090 by using the file system, so that the backup computer 1030 can access the data on the disk 1090 as a file.
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