Patent ID: 6256747
Filing Date: 2001-07-03
Classification: H04L

Abstract:
A distributed server managing method in which one or more computers with server function interconnected by a network are provided, said computers have their unique numbers (ID's) and can operate or stop independently, and the destination of communication between the computers is designated by use of said ID so that computers under operation are managed in a manner classified into one or more first groups, the method comprising:a process with which each of computers belonging to the first groups is informed of the ID's of computers forming a group to which that computer belongs;a process with which when an administrator newly starts a first computer by giving one or more initial ID's of computers under operation, said first computer is added into any one of the first groups; anda process with which in the case where the number of computers in any one of the first groups exceeds a first fixed number, the first groups are reclassified into groups each having computers the number of which is not larger than said first fixed number.