Patent ID: 8499080
Filing Date: 2013-07-30
Classification: G06F,H04L

Abstract:
1. A cluster control apparatus comprising: an alternate information storage unit arranged to hold alternate information that defines to which computer a computer unable to execute a job is switched; a resource information storage unit arranged to hold resource information defining a relationship among a job, a computer executing the job, and a state of the job expressing whether execution of the job is completed; a switching unit that disconnects a first computer from a first group, disconnects a second computer belonging to a second group from the second group, and installs the second computer in the first group based on the alternate information held in the alternate information storage unit, when the first computer is unable to execute a first job to be processed; and a job executing unit that causes the second computer belonging to the first group to execute the first job to be processed when the second computer belongs to the first group, wherein when the second computer belonging to the second group is in a process of executing a second job, the switching unit installs the second computer in the first group after the executing second job is completed based on the resource information held in the resource information storage unit.