Patent ID: 8488452

Claim:
A non-transitory computer-readable recording medium that stores therein a resource node determination program causing a computer to execute: transmitting information on a condition enabling execution of a service to a resource broker that manages assignment of resource nodes that are used for a plurality of services; receiving information on a use state of specific nodes among the resource nodes, the specific nodes satisfying the condition; and determining a resource node to be used for the service from among the specific nodes based on the information on the use state, wherein the determining includes selecting a resource node to be used for the service from among the specific nodes according to order of reception of the information on the use state from the specific nodes until a sufficient number of resource nodes to enable execution of the service is gathered, wherein the information on the use state includes switching information indicative of whether a software resource is required to be switched, the software resource required for the execution of the service in the specific nodes, and the determining includes determining the resource node to be used for the service from among the specific nodes based on the switching information.