Patent ID: 7167854
Filing Date: 2007-01-23
Classification: G06F,Y10S

Abstract:
1. A database control method of controlling a database by a system resource which includes a plurality of information processing devices and a storage having a plurality of disk areas connected to the plurality of information processing devices via a storage area network, the plurality of disk areas being accessed from the plurality of information processing devices said database control method comprising the steps of: mapping each of the plurality of disk areas to any one of a plurality of logical disks; assigning one or more database processes to each of the particular number of information processing devices of the plurality of information processing devices in order to use the particular number of information processing devices to operate the database, the database processes exclusively accessing the plurality of logical disks, respectively; when the number of the information processing devices is increased, reserving information processing devices that can be used from among information processing devices that are not in use; selecting and terminating some of the database processes on the information processing devices operating the database, and creating database processes identical to the terminated database processes on the reserved information processing devices; and changing destinations of requests to access the logical disks that were accessed by the terminated database processes to the reserved information processing devices, respectively.