Patent ID: 7970882
Filing Date: 2011-06-28
Classification: H04L

Abstract:
1. A management apparatus for managing computing resources comprising: a NAS server, which is operative to store management information in at least a resource management table, which manages a plurality of resource groups formed by a plurality of resources included in the resources, and a resource association table, which indicates an association among the resources, comprises a logical block for said management apparatus and at least one logical block for a virtual NAS, and is communicatively coupled to a storage apparatus and at least one client, said resources being allocated to the virtual NAS serving as a virtual node that provides a file sharing service to said at least one client in units of a resource management group configured from a plurality of mutually associated resources, an association extraction unit for: acquiring an access log from the client; analyzing said acquired access log and counting a number of times each of a plurality of resource pairs occurs, each resource pair being formed by two resources included in the resources; extracting a resource pair whose number of times exceeds a first threshold value and which includes a first resource and a second resource; and adding the extracted resource pair to the resource association table; and an integration unit for: integrating a first resource group, which includes the first resource, and a second resource group, which includes the second resource, and integrating first information related to the first resource group in the resource management table and second information related to the second resource group in the resource management table.