Patent ID: 9720796
Date: 2017-08-01
CPC Classifications: G06F

Claim:
1. An information processing system including a plurality of information processing apparatuses, each apparatus of the plurality of information processing apparatuses comprising: an arithmetic processing device to execute an arithmetic process; a storage unit to store data; and a communication unit to access the storage unit without intermediary of the arithmetic processing device and to access a second apparatus of the plurality of information processing apparatuses via a communication unit of the second apparatus, the communication unit of a first apparatus of the plurality of information processing apparatuses, executing at least one of a process of storing redundant data which is generated by making data stored in the storage unit of the first apparatus be redundant in the storage unit of the second apparatus via the communication unit of the second apparatus, and a process of acquiring redundant data which is generated by making data stored in the storage unit of the second apparatus be redundant via the communication unit of the second apparatus, and storing the acquired data in the storage unit of the first apparatus.