Patent ID: 8843511

Claim:
A configuration management system comprising: a plurality of databases that stores information about resources as configuration items; a configuration management computer; a plurality of proxy computers; and a proxy management computer, the proxy management computer comprising: a receiving unit that receives configuration items from the plurality of databases; a reconciling unit that reconciles the received configuration items; and a sending unit that sends and distributes the reconciled configuration items to the plurality of proxy computers such that processing by the plurality of proxy computers is evenly distributed over the proxy computers, wherein each of the plurality of proxy computers stores configuration items sent from the proxy management computer, wherein the configuration management computer receives a query from a client, selects, from the plurality of proxy computers, a proxy computer that stores a configuration item that is to serve as a query result, and receives the configuration item from the selected proxy computer, wherein the proxy management computer receives load information of each of the configuration items from the plurality of proxy computers, wherein the proxy management computer further comprises a distribution management unit that instructs, upon detection of an excessive access to a first configuration item that is stored in a first proxy computer based on the received load information, the first proxy computer to move a second configuration item to a second proxy computer, the second configuration item being stored in the first proxy computer and being different from the first configuration item, and wherein the excessive access is determined as when the first proxy computer performance is expected to be lowered.