Patent ID: 7752291
Filing Date: 2010-07-06
Classification: G06Q

Abstract:
1. A server borrowing apparatus for facilitating lending of a server from a lender cluster to a borrower cluster, comprising: a storing unit storing lender installation setting information including a lender setting item determined by the lender cluster and relating to installation of a software application on the server; a receiving unit receiving a request to lend out the server and borrower installation setting information including a borrower setting item determined by the borrower cluster relating to the installation of the software application on the server, the borrower setting item relating to a boot partition for rebooting the server upon installation of the software application; a combining unit combining the borrower setting item in the borrower installation setting information and the lender setting item in the lender installation setting information to generate installation setting information for the installation of the software application on the server; an installing unit performing the installation of the software application on the server based on the installation setting information and reboots the server from the boot partition; a central processing unit (CPU) for executing at least the combining unit; the lender setting item includes a physical size of a disk of the server; the borrower setting item includes a ratio of a size of a first partition to a size of a second partition; and the combining unit calculates the size of the first partition and the size of the second partition based on the physical size and the ratio, and generates the installation setting information that includes the size of the first partition and the size of the second partition.