Patent ID: 8655928

Claim:
A file storage device, comprising: a reception unit configured to receive a plurality of data files indicating a simulation result output from a computer; a first file storage unit configured to store the data files; a second file storage unit that is accessible at a higher speed compared with the first file storage unit; a buffer unit provided on a file transfer path from the reception unit to the first file storage unit to buffer each data file; a control unit to determine, based on a file name of each data file, whether the data file is to be visualized, and to store each data file to be visualized in the second file storage unit, the control unit selecting the data file to be visualized when a remainder obtained by dividing a value indicating a time step and included in a file name of the data file by a time interval is zero and when information about a physical amount to be simulated and included in the file name corresponds to a prescribed physical amount; and a transmission unit configured to transmit the data file to be visualized to a visualizing computer, wherein the reception unit and the transmission unit are separately implemented.